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Religion as Metaphor: Beyond Literal Belief by David Tacey
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- Item Length
- 22.9 cm
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Religion As Metaphor: Beyond Literal Belief
- Item Height
- 229mm
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc
- Topic
- Theology, Religious History, Christianity
- Item Width
- 152mm
- Item Weight
- 499g
- Number of Pages
- 286 Pages
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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 argues 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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Taylor & Francis Inc
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9781412856102
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Book Title
Religion As Metaphor: Beyond Literal Belief
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Theology, Religious History, Christianity
Publication Year
2015
Number of Pages
286 Pages
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229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
499g
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