Reclaiming Narrative for Public Theology.

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? -- Conclusion -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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

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