God is not a story : realism revisited /

This is a challenging critique of narrative theologies. Murphy argues that the widespread notion that the role of the theologian it so 'tell God's story' has not helped theology to advance the reality of its doctrines. She offers her own alternative approach, making use of cinema and...

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Main Author: Murphy, Francesca Aran
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This is a challenging critique of narrative theologies. Murphy argues that the widespread notion that the role of the theologian it so 'tell God's story' has not helped theology to advance the reality of its doctrines. She offers her own alternative approach, making use of cinema and film theory.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 356 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191527463
0191527467
9780199219285
0199219281