Sentences with phrase «narrative form for»

He isn't working alone - in fact, his project is more of a translation, of laying out the work of other scientists and thinkers in an engaging, instructive narrative form for the lay - reader.

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Even the various forms of theological activity can be redescribed in narrative terms, as when Newbigin writes of «the congregation as hermeneutic of the gospel»: interpretation of Scripture for Newbigin is not so much what a particular scholar writes as what a particular community of believers enacts.

Missouri Synod theologians had traditionally affirmed the inerrancy of the Bible, and, although such a term can mean many things, in practice it meant certain rather specific things: harmonizing of the various biblical narratives; a somewhat ahistorical reading of the Bible in which there was little room for growth or development of theological understanding; a tendency to hold that God would not have used within the Bible literary forms such as myth, legend, or saga; an unwillingness to reckon with possible creativity on the part of the evangelists who tell the story of Jesus in the Gospels or to consider what it might mean that they write that story from a post-Easter perspective; a general reluctance to consider that the canons of historical exactitude which we take as givens might have been different for the biblical authors.

But when the narrative form lacks integrity, as it seems to for many contemporary novelists, it can not be insisted upon.

Perhaps it is necessary to admit that the narrative, at least in the grand nineteenth - century tradition of Tolstoy, Austen, and Melville, is not the form for our time.

Though this schema remains, in much reduced form, in the present volume, Hopewell found the central image, the body, unsatisfactory as a conveyance for his essentially structuralist arguments about congregational narrative.

In fact, however, as I have indicated, I do not think that the Synoptic traditions should be taken for the most part as factual history, but rather as reflections, cast in narrative form, of the theological thinking of the early Church about the Easter appearances and of various current controversies about them.

One can certainly detect, for instance, a growing skepticism toward «modernity» in the form of master narratives and instrumental reason, possibly because Latin America has so often had a painful experience of these narratives and the exercise of such reason — experiencing them from the «reverse side of history,» to use Gutiérrez's apt phrase.

Alternatively, one might say that religious symbols (or myths or narratives or languages) so shape the way we understand the world that they quite fundamentally form what we value for human beings and the cosmos.

As for the musical patterns that held and «composed» Dr. P., Sacks now sees that these also are narrative in form.

Let us set down three observations: (a) Mark 15:40 - 16:8 possesses several features which divide it so sharply from the Passion narrative that it could hardly have been the natural continuation of that in the stage of oral tradition, (b) this pericope, however, could not have existed in its present form as an independent tradition, (c) the pericope itself falls naturally into two parts, the first of which can exist as an independent story, but the second of which can not, for it depends upon the first.

The Latin word resurrectio appears to have been created for Christian use, and while the Greek equivalent anastasis is certainly pre-Christian, it does not seem to have been widely used until Christian times, some scholars thinking that, when Paul referred to it at Athens, his hearers mistook it for the name of a goddess.26 The idea of resurrection first came to expression in the form of a narrative, and until the advent of the above technical terms, words of very general usage, such as «raise», «wake up», «stand up», etc., served the purpose of relating it.

How do you account for the presence of two discrete forms of the oral tradition (a healing story and a conflict story) in a single narrative?

In finding the forms of its own narrative, it meets also the labor of the human race in the larger struggle for meaning and freedom.

For believers, the biblical and personal narratives fuse, forming a unity which is at once both universal and personal.

A narrative of a Lenten meditation in poetic form written from the standpoint of the apostle Thomas: And if it were not for his love, his grace that sought me out behind locked doors, called me to touch and then believe, I would not be here at your humble table ready now with you, to break the bread and pour the wine as he did years ago.

Here and there we can discern the words of the Yahwist himself, which are intended to interpret to us the material he has selected, and to enable us to follow the thread which formed for him the meaning of his narrative.

We would have two criticisms of this view: (1) form criticism is bursting the bounds here set to it, and is showing that gospel narratives and sayings can be purely and entirely products of the early Church; and (2) the view involves an unnecessary capitulation to the very view of history it sets out to controvert, since it seems to agree that there must be a «something actually happened» quality to the gospel myths for them to be «true».

A collection of narratives originating for the most part independently of one another among tribal groups in Canaan later embraced in Israelite monarchy — a collection wrought and edited by DH (Deuteronomic historians responsible for the substantial present form of Deuteronomy - Kings).

Also, it finally answers the question of the disciples which provides the narrative setting for the discourse: 13.3 f. Most probably the discourse at one time had a form: Mark 13.3 - 27, 30, before the addition of further sayings and the insertion of the parable of the Fig Tree.

And narrative provides temporal form for its plot, the sequence of events it selects and retells to confirm its identity.

I cover a lot of ground and do so in the form of a narrative, and so the information below will be helpful for you as you seek to follow along.

In an intriguing if controversial article, Stephen Crites argues that experience itself is basically narrative in form, providing the essential order for human understanding.13 The storied unity found in life is not, for Crites, a secondary result of human culture.

We would want to know, for example, whether the use of the word abortion in a religious broadcast occurred only within narratives or in a wider variety of discursive forms, whether it was spoken by more than one narrator, whether it was spoken in the same «voice,» whether it occurred consistently in a particular kind of sentence structure, and so on.

Had the course progressed in the manner we had hoped, we would probably have also employed the in forming aspect of narrative, sketching the story as a scenario for action.

I don't know if this will change anyone's mind, probably won't, but for me, I at least want to call out hypocrisy among other fans and the laziness of trotting out the narrative when I can still vividly remember Cincinatti fans throwing beer bottle at officials, remember 49ers fans forming a «Ring» around my wife and me and threatening us with physical violence (never mind the assault of the Dodgers fan by Giants fans).

An earlier version of the form had little space for that type of narrative description, and was dominated by a series of check boxes which a court found provided insufficient information.

The study, «She chose us to be your parents — exploring the content and process of adoption entrance narratives told in families formed through open adoption,» was accepted for publication in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and was funded by the University of Missouri Richard Wallace Alumni Grant.

Joe and Rosalie are both damaged and traumatized people for very different reasons, but the actors behind them make their grief feel palpable, and the connection that forms between them over the course of the narrative all the more believable.

The spooky atmosphere, charming camp, and long - form narrative are great proofs of concept for virtual reality adventures.

So good is Cable that you wish the film would've allowed more room for growth with his inclusion into the story and while he plays a key role in proceedings, you still can't escape the feeling that the film would've grown as a whole had Brolin been allowed more spotlight, ditto for Dennisen and Reynolds budding mateship, that despite forming the core of the narrative thrust is never properly built up, making Wilson's mission as a whole less engaging than it could've been.

Granted, the latter comes in the form of some occasionally cloying sentimentality that drowns events in contrived narrative beats piling on top of one another, but they so vividly bring these characters to life that it's able to make up for the faults in the writing.

He added, «The movie works so well for several reasons, and they don't all have to do with the spectacular special effects... [«Star Wars»] relies on the strength of pure narrative, in the most basic storytelling form known to man, the Journey.»

The narrative in Child of Light, for example, exudes charm by unfolding in the form of poetry, making the story essentially a playable poem.

No narrative has been announced for the 15 level single - player campaign, but whatever form the story takes, it will exist independently of Descent's, according to Luke Schneider, Revival's Lead Designer.

Ultimately, these digressions circle back on one another, and Linklater forms them into a coherent narrative that resembles an updated American Graffiti for a new generation.

We have put together a 6 month «curriculum» for women writer / directors ready to direct a narrative feature, focusing on the tasks involved in setting up a narrative feature — polishing log lines, synopses and pitches; creating a «look book»; putting together a preliminary budget / top sheet; deciding on locations for tax incentives; forming a C - Corp or LLC; leveraging attachments; and producing a crowd - funding campaign.

In a strict narrative form, most of Blue's main themes and actions reside just below the surface, so this is the kind of film that might be too slow for some impatient viewers, especially if they are watching it without the political, social, and artistic context from which it is created.

It is typical of Desplechin's eclecticism and openness to stylistic and narrative bricolage that this should take the form of a subtle appropriation of Japanese Noh theatre, from which he borrows the distinctive ornamental flute that permeates the score, as well as its precise formality (like most of Desplechin's films, La Sentinelle is broken into chapters, of which the first, «The Ghost», echoes the Noh repertoire's predilection for the supernatural).

In an effort to appease us, the brain trusts behind these mega-budget blockbusters have ripped into the chest of classic narrative form and pulled out its heart, throwing it in a jar full of dirt so they can ignore it for long spells to amuse us with clownish characterizations and trivial distractions.

As with her previous work, Lynne Ramsay leaves her cinematography and editing to do any heavy lifting that the narrative calls for, the richest and most telling moments always coming in the form of an image rather than a line of dialogue.

Chanel will partner with Tribeca Enterprises for the third annual «Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women's Filmmaker Program,» which works to support and promote emerging American women screenwriters and directors of short - form narrative film.

Anderson's work may not have a lot of narrative substance, but his visual sensibility is so well - developed that it often doesn't matter; form is substituted for theme.

Often, biopics tend to be thrown together, supergluing Greatest Hits to form a bumpy narrative which forms a flaccid arc for the film's main character.

Hammered by the idiocy of formula television and video games, a generation is forming that has no feeling for narrative and character.

Swearing, screwing, stealing, slandering, shooting, sabotaging and sleaziness are merely the beginning; if an act — be it coercing a victim into providing a sexual favour, or framing a friend for harassment — crosses the boundaries into the realm of sociopathic behaviour, it likely forms part of the narrative.

From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is no longer just for the novice.

In this age of smart phones that can take pictures, there would be enough archival material for such a project, and this is an undertaking that deserves to be seen both in narrative form (as available in July) and in doc form (which may or may not be considered).

From a purely narrative standpoint, it has to be admired for its sheer audacity and sense of assuredness in recreating the kind of intricate, multi-modal, long - form storytelling that comic books have been utilizing for decades; a wrong step at any point could have brought the whole thing down, as we witnessed last summer with Universal's «Dark Universe» non-starter The Mummy (2017) and, to a lesser extent, rival DC's fitfully successful, but mostly disappointing attempt to do the same thing with its stable of comic book characters.

The narrative justification for this repetition is G - Energy, a new form of energy left behind after Godzilla's first appearance.