Abstract
Theological Anthropology and the Great Literary Genres: Understanding the Human Story. Michael P. Jensen, Theological Anthropology and the Great Literary Genres: Understanding the Human Story (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2019). 212 pp. ISBN 978-1-9787-0639-2
The ‘narrative turn’ in theology over the course of the past few decades has highlighted the storied character of Christian theology and alerted us to the fact that stories make theological claims and are central to our communal and individual selves. In his absorbing and insightful volume, Theological Anthropology and the Great Literary Genres, Michael Jensen helpfully takes this point further and argues that the genres to which stories belong are themselves bearers of theological meaning, and therefore, they make anthropological claims about the place of the human creature in the cosmos.
The ‘narrative turn’ in theology over the course of the past few decades has highlighted the storied character of Christian theology and alerted us to the fact that stories make theological claims and are central to our communal and individual selves. In his absorbing and insightful volume, Theological Anthropology and the Great Literary Genres, Michael Jensen helpfully takes this point further and argues that the genres to which stories belong are themselves bearers of theological meaning, and therefore, they make anthropological claims about the place of the human creature in the cosmos.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 400-403 |
| Journal | Studies in Christian Ethics |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 13 Jul 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2021 |