A few links this week:
TSK reviews the latest Brian McLaren offering: “Everything Must Change.” What I like is the additional resources he recommends that address similar issues from a broader perspective. At the same time, Brian puts things so well. I look forward to reading it myself but found this review helpful. (I also dig what he does with the Che’ shirt!).
I’ve also been enjoying Scot Mcknights series blogging through Colossians Remixed.
Lastly, Jasen tries to give a short definition of Narrative Theology:
Narrative theology is the idea that “Christian theology’s use of the Bible should focus on a narrative representation of the faith rather than the development of a set of propositions deduced from the data of revelation.1” Theologians in the Neo-orthodox and Post-liberal traditions developed it in the 20th century.
The Bible is seen as the story of God’s interaction with his people. This does not mean that the Bible doesn’t make propositional truth claims, but that the primary purpose of scripture is to record the relationship between God and his people (and how we today can continue in this story) more than detailing a systematic theology. One result of this, is that narrative theology is less likely to pull verse out of context to support doctrinal positions.
He goes on to share a few thoughts on the nature of the relationship between narrative theology and the emerging church.
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I think “tries” is right.
Hey, I thought you did a nice job. It made sense to me!
Hey speaking of Narrative Theology (esp. I suppose concerning emergent church narrative theology) Check out Mars Hill’s…when I first read it I swore that one day I’d sit down and memorize it because I think it’s absolutely beautiful.
http://www.marshill.org/pdf/narrativeTheology.pdf