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Narrative theology is still with us, to the delight of some and to the chagrin of others. This diverse collection of essays on narrative theology has has been used as an introductory resource in university and seminary theology classes, but it’s also an ideal primer for the educated layperson or church study group. Gregory L. Jones and Stanley Hauerwas present representative essays emphasizing...

questions. Hauerwas’s and Burrell’s focus is on the relationship between narrative and rationality in ethics.18 In particular, they argue that the intentional nature of human action evokes a narrative account, that a narrative account is concerned with how those intentional actions are woven into the depiction of personal identity and character, and that because the language and moral notions people use to describe their character and their behavior are tied to the narratives of particular traditions,
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