Tradition and Imagination

Tradition and Imagination
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Publisher : Clarendon Press
Total Pages : 411
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ISBN-10 : 9780198269915
ISBN-13 : 0198269919
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Book Synopsis Tradition and Imagination by : David Brown

Download or read book Tradition and Imagination written by David Brown and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tradition and revelation are often seen as opposites: tradition is viewed as being secondary and reactionary to revelation which is a one-off gift from God. Drawing on examples from Christian history, Judaism, Islam, and the classical world, this book challenges these definitions and presents a controversial examination of the effect history and cultural development has on religious belief: its narratives and art. David Brown pays close attention to the nature of the relationship between historical and imaginative truth, and focuses on the way stories from the Bible have not stood still but are subject to imaginative 'rewriting'. This rewriting is explained as a natural consequence of the interaction between religion and history: God speaks to humanity through the imagination, and human imagination is influenced by historical context. It is the imagination that ensures that religion continues to develop in new and challenging ways.


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