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The Believing Heart: An Invitation to Story Theology

The Believing Heart

An Invitation to Story Theology

C. S. Song (Author)

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C. S. Song here invites Christians to see the whole Christian panoply through a story-centered lens. Focusing on Life, Hope, Faith, and Love, Song delves into each theme or locus (1) as it can be approached in people's experiences or stories, (2) as it appears in related stories from other religious traditions, (3) how its central import can be expressed theologically, and (4) how it can appear in practice. Thus story becomes theology, then theology becomes story. "Central to these stories," says Song, "is the heart that believes in spite of hardships and despair, the heart that struggles to make sense of what seems senseless in life and history."

Song's strong narratives and engaging style will make this volume appealing in a variety of settings, especially for introductory students, clergy in search of homiletic material, church groups, and Christians open to insights from non-Western cultures.

  • Publisher Fortress Press
  • Format Paperback
  • ISBN 9780800631420
  • Dimensions 6 x 9
  • Pages 352
  • Publication Date April 30, 1999

Excerpts

"Christian theology has at last awakened to the pluralistic reality of our world. . . . The result is a release of theological energy embedded in all parts of the world." --from the Preface

Table of Contents

Part One -- Invitation

Chapter 1 -- We Piped for You and You Would Not Dance
Chapter 2 -- Birds of the Air and Lilies of the Field
Chapter 3 -- Come and See

Part Two -- Life

Chapter 4 -- Death is Not the Wages of Sin
Chapter 5 -- In the World There Is Suffering

Part Three -- Hope

Chapter 6 -- Elusive Hope
Chapter 7 -- Ethics of Hope

Part Four - Faith

Chapter 8 -- Faith in the World of Divided Loyalties
Chapter 9 -- Our Faith and God's Grace
Chapter 10 -- The Heart That Believes

Part Five - Love

Chapter 11 -- The World-Soul of Love
Chapter 12 -- The Saving Work of Love

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