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Storied Revelations (Hardcover)
Gisela H. Kreglinger; Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson
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Parables were used by Jesus to reveal to us the kingdom of God and
to move us from being bystanders to active recipients of God's work
of revelation. However, parables are constantly at risk of being
buried as 'mummies of prose', as George MacDonald puts it. We
become so familiar with the language of Scripture that Jesus'
parables no longer work on us in this revelatory and transforming
way. George MacDonald, the Victorian poet and theologian, observed
this very process at work in Victorian society. It was a culture
saturated with Christian jargon but often devoid of a profound
understanding of the gospel for its own time and culture. The
language of Scripture no longer penetrated people's hearts,
imaginations, and attitudes; it no longer transformed people's
lives. MacDonald, called to be a pastor, turned a story and more
specifically the 'parabolic' as a means of spiritual awakening. He
created fictive worlds in which the language of Jesus would find a
new home and regain its revelatory power for his particular
Victorian audience.
Parables--used by Jesus to reveal to us the kingdom of God, used to
move us from being bystanders to active recipients of God's work of
revelation--are constantly at risk of being buried as "mummies of
prose," as George MacDonald puts it. We become so familiar with the
language of Scripture that Jesus' parables no longer work on us in
this revelatory and transforming way. George MacDonald, the
Victorian poet and theologian, observed this very process at work
in Victorian society. It was a culture saturated with Christian
jargon but often devoid of a profound understanding of the gospel
for its own time and culture. The language of Scripture no longer
penetrated people's hearts, imaginations, and attitudes; it no
longer transformed people's lives. MacDonald, called to be a
pastor, turned to story and more specifically the "parabolic" as a
means of spiritual awakening. He created fictive worlds in which
the language of Jesus would find a new home and regain its
revelatory power for his particular Victorian audience. "George
Macdonald was one of the great storytellers of the Christian
tradition. Convinced that living faith could no longer be sustained
by tired old doctrinaire formulations of truth, he envisioned the
Word made fresh through revitalizing imagination, poetry, and
parable. This book is a winsome and perceptive exploration of
MacDonald's subversive literary agenda. Custodians of archival
Christianity should feel threatened, very threatened indeed."
--Glen G. Scorgie, Bethel University "This perceptive and careful
study traces the roots of MacDonald's insights in Jesus' own
teaching practice, and reveals MacDonald as a skilled follower of
Jesus' parabolic lead. Quite apart from its contribution to
MacDonald studies, this is a book that reminds us once again in
timely fashion that a gospel addressed to the mind and the will
alone is unlikely to take root and grow. The seedbed of faith is an
imagination taken captive by the kingdom of God and nourished by
the holy spirit." --Trevor Hart, University of St. Andrews "In this
illuminating comparison between the parables of Jesus and the
fiction of George MacDonald, Kreglinger shows how both told stories
that de-familiarize by using shocking versions of symbolic meaning
that draw the reader into transformative participation in the
kingdom of God. . . . With these insights, Kreglinger opens up in a
fresh way the pervasively Christian nature of MacDonald's mature
fantasy literature." --Richard Bauckham, University of St. Andrews
Gisela H. Kreglinger is visiting scholar at the University of St.
Andrews, Scotland.
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