Speaking in Parables

by McFague, Sallie

• ISBN13: 9780800610975
• ISBN10: 0800610970
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1975-05-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Author Biography

Sallie McFague was the Carpenter Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
A Trial Run: Parable, Poem, and Autobiographical Story	p. 10
The Prodigal Son	p. 12
God's Grandeur	p. 17
The Peach-Seed Monkey	p. 20
Forms of Religious Reflection and the Tradition	p. 26
The Near Tradition: Contemporary Theology	p. 30
The Far Tradition: The New Testament	p. 35
Metaphorical Language and Theological Reflection	p. 38
Metaphor: The Heart of the Matter	p. 43
Poetic Metaphor	p. 47
Radical Metaphor	p. 50
Metaphor as Human Movement	p. 56
The Parable: The Primary Form	p. 66
Parables as Metaphors	p. 72
Parable and Theology	p. 80
The Poem: Language of Insight	p. 92
Christian Poetry	p. 95
Non-Christian Poetry	p. 115
The Story: Coming to Belief	p. 119
Parabolic Novels	p. 127
Theology and Story	p. 138
Autobiography: The Unity of Life and Thought	p. 145
The Art of Autobiography	p. 151
Religious Autobiographies	p. 157
Paul	p. 158
Augustine	p. 162
John Woolman	p. 165
Sam Keen	p. 169
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin	p. 173
Conclusion	p. 175
Index	p. 184
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