Reclaiming narrative for public theology / Mary Doak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doak, Mary, 1961-

Series:

SUNY series, religion and American public life.

SUNY series, religion and American public life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and state--United States.

Church and state.

United States--Religion.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Argues for American national narratives in Christian theology that respect the separation of church and state and a diverse, multifaith society.

Contents:

Intro

RECLAIMING NARRATIVE FOR PUBLIC THEOLOGY

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: The Need for a Narrative Public Theology

Narrative as a Resource for Historicizing Theology

The Public Theology Project

Why Call It Public Theology?

Achievements in Public Theology Thus Far

The Public Character of Narrative

How This Argument Will Proceed

2. Public Theology in a Pluralistic Society

Arendt's Defense of a Pluralistic Public Life

Public Life as Resistance to Totalitarianism

The Nature of Public Life and Action

Is Christianity Inherently Antipublic?

Conclusion

Public Theology without Establishment of Religion

The Complex Meaning of Religious Freedom

Case #1: The Ten Commandments

Religious Morality and the Limits of Legislation

Case #2: Lawrence v. Texas and the Legislation of Morality

Religious Freedom and Public Debate

Public Theology Amid Diversity

3. E Pluribus Unum? National Narratives and the Recovery of Public Life

Introduction: Why Nations and Why Narratives?

A Defense of Public Life on the National Level

Arguments Against the Nation-State

A Qualified Defense of the Nation-State

National Identity

Historical Narratives and the Nation-State

National Narratives and the Repression of the Other

Ricoeur's Theory of Narrative

THE STRUCTURE OF NARRATIVE

THE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OF HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING

IDENTITY AND PURPOSE AS CONCEPTUALIZED THROUGH HISTORICAL AND FICTIONAL NARRATIVES

BIFURCATED HISTORIES OR A COMMON NARRATIVE?

4. Toward a Narrative Public Theology

Narrative in a Practical Fundamental Theology: J. B. Metz

A Narrative, Practical Approach to Fundamental Theology

Human Freedom in History

Theology and the Critique of Narratives

Metz's Contributions to Public Theology.

North American Narrative Theologians: Stanley Hauerwas and Ronald Thiemann

A Narrative Theological Ethics: Stanley Hauerwas

NARRATIVE AS THE BASIS OF COMMUNAL IDENTITY

THE CHRISTIAN TASK IN HISTORY

THE PUBLIC MISSION OF THE CHURCH: OPPOSITION OR ENGAGEMENT?

THE CHRISTIAN NARRATIVE AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE: SECTARIAN OR PUBLIC CHRISTIANITY?

HAUERWAS'S CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES TO A NARRATIVE PUBLIC THEOLOGY

A Public Narrative Theology: Ronald Thiemann

THIEMANN'S ARGUMENT FOR A PUBLIC THEOLOGY

WHY NARRATIVE IN THIS PUBLIC THEOLOGY?

THIEMANN'S PROPOSAL FOR A THEOLOGICAL METHOD

THICK DESCRIPTIONS AND PUBLIC DEBATE

Oppositional or Publicly Engaged Narrative Theology? A Comparison of Hauerwas and Thiemann

Conclusion: Towards a Narrative Public Theology

The Importance of Narrative in Christian Theology

A Double Narrative Construction for Public Theology

Narrative and Public Debate

5. Lincoln, Elizondo, and Williams as Narrative Public Theologians

The Argument for a Narrative Public Theology Summarized

Abraham Lincoln: Narrating Judgment

The Narrative Structure in the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address

Public Theology or Civil Religion?

Lincoln's Contributions to a Narrative Public Theology

Virgil Elizondo: Narrating Mestizaje

Three Levels of Narrative

Elizondo's Contributions to a Narrative Public Theology

Delores Williams: Narrating Resistance

Narrating a Womanist Theology

Williams's Contributions to a Narrative Public Theology

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-237) and index.

ISBN:

9780791484371

0791484378

9781423740131

1423740130

OCLC:

62756407