Research Catalog

Title

Religious Stories We Live By : Narrative Approaches in Theology and Religious Studies / edited by R. Ruard Ganzevoort, Maaike de Haardt, Michael Scherer-Rath.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

Ganzevoort, Ruard, 1965-

Description

xi, 296 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Stories have always been important in religion, but systematic explorations of the narrative dimensions of religion are more recent and interdisciplinary explorations of narrative approaches in theology and religious studies are scarce. This book paves the ground for these much needed interdisciplinary conversations. It first offers philosophical, psychological, and epistemological reflections on the importance of narrative approaches in the study of religion. The subsequent sections contain case studies and disciplinary overviews of narrative perspectives in biblical, empirical, systematic, and historical approaches in theology and religious studies. Combined, the contributions showcase the potential of narrative perspectives in bridging theology and religious studies, as well as descriptive and normative approaches. Narrative perspectives offer a fruitful common ground for the study of religion. --from back cover.

Series Statement

Studies in theology and religion (STAR) ; VOLUME 19

Uniform Title

Studies in theology and religion ; v. 19.

Subjects

• Bible > Criticism, Narrative
• Storytelling > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Narration in the Bible
• Narrative theology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Religious Stories We Live By / R. Ruard Ganzevoort -- 'Show, Don't Tell': The (Ir)rationality of Religious Stories / Edwin Koster -- Narrative, Postformal Cognition, and Religious Belief / James M. Day -- Narratives of the Self in the Study of Religions: Epistemological Reflections Based on a Pragmatic Notion of Weak Rationality / Chris Hermans -- A Short Survey of Narratology in Biblical Studies / Dorothea Erbele-Küster -- Saramago's Reshaping of Cain and God: A Study in Characterization and Intertextuality / Wim J.C. Weren -- Jericho is Shouting: Narrative and Rhetoric in Joshua 6 / Marieke den Braber -- The Story of a Gang Rape as a Means of Liberation: A Contextual Reading of Judges 19 / Klaas Spronk -- Showcasing the Little Sister: The Grammatical Lives of Samson's Women (Judg 13-16) as a Syntactic Supplement to Narratological Analysis / Willien van Wieringen -- Narrative Reconstruction as Creative Contingency / Michael Scherer-Rath -- Dialogical Constructions of a Muslim Self through Life Story Telling / Marjo Buitelaar
• Religious Narrative and the Body / Toke Elshof -- An Instrument for Reconstructing Interpretation in Life Stories / Jos van den Brand, Chris Hermans, Michael Scherer-Rath, and Piet Verschuren -- Narrative Theology: A Structural Overview / Luco J. van den Brom -- Mourning for Yasmina: A Passion Narrative, Storytelling and Social Engagement in Urban Ministry / Anne-Marie Korte -- Visual Narratives: Entrance to Everyday Religious Practices / Maaike de Haardt -- Changing Narratives: The Stories the Religious Have Lived by since the 1960s / Marit Monteiro, Marjet Derks, and Annelies van Heijst -- Telling Authorized Stories: The Dynamics of the Dutch Pietistic Narrative Community / John Exalto -- Publish or Perish? The Polemical and Apologetic Publications of the Jesuits in the Low Countries (17th Century) / Joep W.J. van Gennip -- Means of Submission or Symbol of Protest? The Habit of the Sister of St Charles Borromeo Amalie Augustine von Lasaulx (1815-1872) / Angela Berlis -- A Religion en plein public: Charlotte Salomon and the Theatre of Memory / Liesbeth Hoeven.

Call Number

JFE 16-3358

ISBN

• 9789004264052
• 9004264051
• 9789004264069 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013035749

OCLC

861210971

Title

Religious Stories We Live By : Narrative Approaches in Theology and Religious Studies / edited by R. Ruard Ganzevoort, Maaike de Haardt, Michael Scherer-Rath.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in theology and religion (STAR) ; VOLUME 19

Studies in theology and religion ; v. 19.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Ganzevoort, Ruard, 1965- editor.

Other Form:

9789004264069

(GyWOH)har135026405

Research Call Number

JFE 16-3358