EBOOK God Is Not a Story:Realism Revisited

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 which Christian        theology depends isnot a story or a plot but a dramatic encounter between        mysterious, free, and unpredictable persons. She offers her own alternative        approach, making use of cinema and film theory, and engaging in particular in a        dialogue with the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar.