Metaphor And Religion
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Religion as Metaphor
Author | : David Tacey |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2017-09-08 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781351493802 |
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Biblical stories are metaphorical. They may have been accepted as factual hundreds of years ago, but today they cannot be taken literally. Some students in religious schools even recoil from the "fairy tales" of religion, believing them to be mockeries of their intelligence. David Tacey argues that biblical language should not be read as history, and it was never intended as literal description. At best it is metaphorical, but he does not deny these stories have spiritual meaning. Religion as Metaphor argues that despite what tradition tells us, if we "believe" religious language, we miss religion's spiritual meaning. Tacey argues that religious language was not designed to be historical reporting, but rather to resonate in the soul and direct us toward transcendent realities. Its impact was intended to be closer to poetry than theology. The book uses specific examples to make its case: Jesus, the Virgin Birth, the Kingdom of God, the Apocalypse, Satan, and the Resurrection. Tacey shows that, with the aid of contemporary thought and depth psychology, we can re-read religious stories as metaphors of the spirit and the interior life. Moving beyond literal thinking will save religion from itself.
Nietzsche Metaphor Religion
Author | : Tim Murphy |
Publsiher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2001-10-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0791450872 |
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Presents a radically anti-foundationalist reading of Nietzsche's philosophy of religion.
God and the Creative Imagination
Author | : Paul Avis |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2013-01-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781134609383 |
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'A mere metaphor', 'only symbolic', 'just a myth' - these tell tale phrases reveal how figurative language has been cheapened and devalued in our modern and postmodern culture. In God and the Creative Imagination, Paul Avis argues the contrary: we see that actually, metaphor, symbol and myth, are the key to a real knowledge of God and the sacred. Avis examines what he calls an alternative tradition, stemming from the Romantic poets Blake, Wordsworth and Keats and drawing on the thought of Cleridge and Newman, and experience in both modern philosophy and science. God and the Creative Imagination intriguingly draws on a number of non-theological disciplines, from literature to philosophy of science, to show us that God is appropriately likened to an artist or poet and that the greatest truths are expressed in an imaginative form. Anyone wishing to further their understanding of God, belief and the imagination will find this an inspiring work.
Thou Art That
Author | : Joseph Campbell |
Publsiher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2010-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781458757739 |
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Thou Art That is a compilation of previously uncollected essays and lectures by Joseph Campbell that focus on the Judeo-Christian tradition. Campbell explores common religious symbols, reexamining and reinterpreting them in the context of his remarkable knowledge of world mythology.Campbell believed that society often confuses the literal and metaphorical interpretations of religious stories and symbols. In this collection, he eloquently reestablishes these symbols as a means to enhance spiritual understanding and mystical revelation. With characteristic verve, he ranges from rich storytelling to insightful comparative scholarship. Included is editor Eugene Kennedy's classic interview with Campbell in the New York Times Magazine, which originally brought the scholar to the attention of the public.
Metaphor and Religion
Author | : Jean-Pierre Noppen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Figures of speech |
ISBN | : UVA:X001561204 |
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Metaphor and Religious Language
Author | : Janet Martin Soskice |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015010867920 |
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Discusses the role of metaphor in Christian theology.
A Universe of Terms
Author | : Mona Oraby,Emilie Flamme |
Publsiher | : Religion and the Human |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2022-11 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0253064104 |
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--Strikingly original presentation of religious scholarship, blending images and texts in innovative, provocative ways --intended for general readers and classrooms --directly addresses two key current issues: social inequality and climate change
Metaphor and God talk
Author | : Lieven Boeve,Kurt Feyaerts |
Publsiher | : Peter Lang Publishing |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105029261562 |
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