Why narrative? : readings in narrative theology

Hauerwas, Stanley and L. Gregory Jones, editors

ISBN 10: 1579100651 / ISBN 13: 9781579100650

Published by Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 1997

About this Item

Hauerwas, Stanley and L. Gregory Jones, editors. Why narrative? : readings in narrative theology. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 1997. Paperback, VG. Minor shelfwear to cover corners. Binding strong. Small ownership signature to ffep. viii, 366pp., contents clean and bright. A selection of "representative essays that deal with appeals to narrative in areas such as personal identity and human action, biblical hermeneutics, epistemology, and theological and ethical method" (from the cover). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why narrative? : readings in narrative theology
• Publisher: Eugene: Wipf & Stock
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579100651
• ISBN 13: 9781579100650
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Narrative Theology is still with us, to the delight of some and to the chagrin of others. 'Why Narrative?" is in reprint because it represents what is still a very important question. This diverse collection of essays on narrative theology has proven very useful in university and seminary theology classes. It is also of great use as a primer for the educated layperson or church study group. Jones and Hauerwas have done an excellent job of selecting representative essays that deal with appeals to narrative in areas such as personal identity and human action, biblical hermeneutics, epistemology, and theological and ethical method.

About the Authors

Stanley Hauerwas is professor emeritus of ethics at Duke University where he held the Gilbert T. Rowe chair for more than twenty years. Among his numerous publications are Sanctify Them in the Truth: Holiness Exemplified (1998) and Living Gently in a Violent World, with Jean Vanier (2008). His latest publication is Fully Alive: The Apocalyptic Humanism of Karl Barth (University of Virginia Press, 2023).

L. Gregory Jones is Dean and Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School in Durham, NC. He is an ordained United Methodist pastor, author of Embodying Forgiveness, and coauthor of Everyday Matters: Intersections of Life and Faith. Jones also contributes regularly to The Christian Century magazine. He and his wife, the Reverend Susan Pendleton Jones, have three children.