David Tacey
Religion as Metaphor: Beyond Literal Belief
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Biblical stories are metaphorical. They may have been accepted as factual hundreds of years ago, but today they cannot be taken literally. Some students in religious schools even recoil from the fairy tales of religion, believing them to be mockeries of their intelligence. David Tacey argues that biblical language should not be read as history, and it was never intended as literal description. At best it is metaphorical, but he does not deny these stories have spiritual meaning. Religion as Metaphor clarifies that despite what tradition tells us, if we believe religious language, we miss religion's spiritual meaning. Tacey argues that religio…
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Biblical stories are metaphorical. They may have been accepted as factual hundreds of years ago, but today they cannot be taken literally. Some students in religious schools even recoil from the fairy tales of religion, believing them to be mockeries of their intelligence. David Tacey argues that biblical language should not be read as history, and it was never intended as literal description. At best it is metaphorical, but he does not deny these stories have spiritual meaning. Religion as Metaphor clarifies that despite what tradition tells us, if we believe religious language, we miss religion's spiritual meaning. Tacey argues that religious language was not designed to be historical reporting, but rather to resonate in the soul and direct us toward transcendent realities. Its impact was intended to be closer to poetry than theology. The book uses specific examples to make its case: Jesus, the Virgin Birth, the Kingdom of God, the Apocalypse, Satan, and the Resurrection. Tacey shows that, with the aid of contemporary thought and depth psychology, we can re-read religious stories as metaphors of the spirit and the interior life. Moving beyond literal thinking will save religion from itself.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4128-5610-2
- EAN: 9781412856102
- Produktnummer: 17475051
- Verlag: Transaction Publ
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 286 S.
- Masse: H23.8 cm x B15.9 cm x D2.5 cm 541 g
- Gewicht: 541
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