LEADER 03732nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910154969503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-88920-773-9 024 7 $a10.51644/9780889207738 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002490 035 $a(OCoLC)243567918 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10139265 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000738114 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11378532 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738114 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10791865 035 $a(PQKB)11163083 035 $a(CaPaEBR)402540 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326907 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3246191 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3050210 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48080 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/8q6v39 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402540 035 $a(DE-B1597)667750 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780889207738 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002490 100 $a19860721d1986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLaw, freedom, and story $ethe role of narrative in therapy, society, and faith /$fJohn C. Hoffman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWaterloo, Ont., Canada $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$dc1986 215 $a1 online resource (174 p.) 300 $aDistributor from label on t.p. 311 $a1-55458-493-0 311 $a0-88920-185-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tWhy This Book? -- $tThe Parables of Jesus: A Study of Storytelling -- $tStory and Fantasy in Psychotherapy -- $tStructure and Anti-Structure in Social Processes -- $tThe Dual Transcending of Law -- $tTowards a Transnomic Theology -- $tIndex 330 $aRarely has an author illuminated in one book an aspect of religious study with attention to so many disciplines. John Hoffman skilfully interrelates the fields of psychology, mythology, anthropology, literature, and New Testament studies to show their common use of narration techniques. Hoffman explains how the storytelling nature of myths, parables, and psychotherapy seeks to heal and to bring wholeness to both the individual and to a social grouping. Bringing into this discussion the tension between law, the stabilizing factor of a society, and freedom, the spontaneous and creative urges that move outside of social order, Hoffman shows how rituals function to affirm the order of the culture in which they exist, yet, as they open up the realm of the imagination, they provide the possibility for disruption. For as long as fantasy is a part of narration (both in telling and hearing) the social order can be both criticized and superseded. Hoffman clearly sets his work within the genre of Crossan, Perls, Jaffe, Turner, Grimes, Buechner, and Eliade. Carefully examining the work of Tom Driver and John Cobb, he expresses the need to go beyond traditional structures and formulations in order to move theology closer to narrative. A narrative form, Hoffman argues, can both affirm faith and invite believers to transcend its expression and break free of its strictures, providing for an ever more dynamic theology. 606 $aStorytelling$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aChristianity and literature 606 $aLaw (Theology) 615 0$aStorytelling$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aChristianity and literature. 615 0$aLaw (Theology) 676 $a230/.01/8 700 $aHoffman$b John C$g(John Charles),$f1931-$01230745 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154969503321 996 $aLaw, Freedom and Story$92857490 997 $aUNINA