God Is Not a Story: Realism Revisited

by Francesca Aran Murphy

A challenging critique of narrative theologies, including the works of George Lindbeck, Robert Jenson, and Herbert McCabe. Francesca Aran Murphy argues that the use of the concept of story or narrative in theology is circular and self-referential, and that the widespread notion that the role of the theologian is to 'tell God's story' has not helped theology to advance the reality of its doctrines. Murphy contends that the scriptural revelation on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199219281
• ISBN13: 9780199219285
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"