Sacred Stories for Human Beings with Bodies and Brains

Recent studies on the dynamics and purposes of storytelling have highlighted the ways that stories employ embodied, affective, and conceptual elements in order to reinforce cultural values and prompt further ethical reflection. These aspects of storytelling are supported and enriched by insights fro...

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Autor principal: Bruehler, Bart B. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Sage 2022
En: Biblical theology bulletin
Año: 2022, Volumen: 52, Número: 4, Páginas: 204-219
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Ética / Simulación / Sentimiento / Cognición / Bibel. Lukasevangelium 5,27-39 / Bibel. Lukasevangelium 7,11-17
Clasificaciones IxTheo:HC Nuevo Testamento
KAB Cristianismo primitivo
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Sumario:Recent studies on the dynamics and purposes of storytelling have highlighted the ways that stories employ embodied, affective, and conceptual elements in order to reinforce cultural values and prompt further ethical reflection. These aspects of storytelling are supported and enriched by insights from ancient rhetoricians and contemporary cognitive scientists who have shown how vivid description, mental simulation of embodied activity, and conceptual blending work through our bodies and brains to move us affectively and mentally. The sacred stories of the Bible, strengthened by their divine dimensions and existential issues, work with the same elements to move their audiences. Luke 5:27–39 (Jesus’s encounter with Levi) and Luke 7:11–17 (Jesus raising a widow’s son) are explored as test cases to illuminate the power that embodiment, emotion, simulation, and conceptualization can have in stories that touch upon the sacred, prompting their audiences to ethical reflection and action.
ISSN:1945-7596
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Biblical theology bulletin
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/01461079221133109