Parables, Analogues and Symbols
One of the issues in the current controversy concerning demythologising is whether or not our concept of God is itself mythological. Before this can be resolved, however, we have to sort out what we mean by myth' and compare this with other possible ways of describing divine activity. Likewise...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[1968]
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Religious studies
Year: 1968, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-36 |
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| Summary: | One of the issues in the current controversy concerning demythologising is whether or not our concept of God is itself mythological. Before this can be resolved, however, we have to sort out what we mean by myth' and compare this with other possible ways of describing divine activity. Likewise, if we are to decide whether or not all religious uses of language are symbolical' we have to clarify our conception of symbols. Such clarification is hampered by the almost indiscriminate mention of parables, models, myths, symbols, analogues and allegories which we find in philosophy today. In this paper, I shall list some distinctions of meaning amongst these terms which seem worth keeping in mind. My concern in doing so is not to provide an exhaustive list but to suggest how the distinctions affect our justification of linguistic usage in religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S003441250000336X |