Sentences with phrase «historical factuality»

Historic knowledge can be affected by the vicissitudes of historical factuality.

Does this mean that Frei - style narrative theology simply waves off the question of historical factuality?

He noted in particular that the question of historical factuality is raised very forcefully in the stories of the crucifixion and resurrection.

In an early negative judgment on Frei, Carl F. H. Henry summarized the problem: Narrative theology drives a wedge between biblical narrative (which it plays up) and historical factuality (which it plays down).

The problem is that the language of «historical factuality» is not theory - neutral and does not deserve to be absolutized.

Frei recognized, however, that the Gospel narratives themselves do not support a sharp dichotomy between the gospel story and historical factuality.

One of our important duties, as I see it, is to be much clearer and much louder in our insistence that the Genesis story is myth and that no conclusions are to be drawn from it that presuppose its historical factuality.