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Plato’s Cave, Hymnody, and Metaphor Theory
Editor’s Note Deaconess Ruth McDonnell shows her skill with metaphor and her interest in the worship life of the Church with this, her first article as a guest contributor. She presented this two-part blog as a single paper at a regional meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Ruth brings a complex view of metaphor […]
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS A BATTLE
From Brazilian Culture to Biblical Thinking In the first part of this blog, we took a look at how the Brazilian culture thinks about, speaks of, and experiences LIFE in terms of BATTLE. This structured way of thinking, speaking, and experiencing is also one way Christians conceive of discipleship or LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. According to David […]
Relationship Triad: Session 4
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together One Anothering, vol. 1 by Richard C. Meyer Session 4 Before You Meet I. Meditate 3-5 times on James 1:12-26 this week. Start with prayer for yourself and for others reading the same verse, that the same Spirit that inspired these words would open your heart and mind to them as […]
Relationship Triad: Session 3
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box, The Arbinger Institute Session 3 Before You Meet I. Meditate 3-5 times on John 13:1-17 this week. Start with prayer for yourself and for others reading the same verse, that the same Spirit that inspired these words would open your heart and mind to them as well. Then […]
The Brazilian Metaphor LIFE IS A BATTLE
Editor’s Note This article–the first by guest contributor Samuel Fuhrmann–is an excellent example of applying the metaphor theory proposed on this blog to both theology and culture. Samuel notices the way people talk (and think/evaluate/make decisions) in his Brazilian culture and uses these observations to think about how our theology can be preached and lived […]
Relationship Triad: Session 2
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box, The Arbinger Institute Session 2 Before You Meet I. Meditate 3-5 times on Romans 7:15-25 this week. Start with prayer for yourself and for others reading the same verse, that the same Spirit that inspired these words would open your heart and mind to them as well. Then […]
Night Vision Goggles and Blended Spaces
One of my favorite Super Bowl ads is also a good example not only of metaphor theory in advertising, but of a phenomenon called “mental space blending.” Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner developed the theory of cognitive blending in their book The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind’s Hidden Complexities. For my money, I prefer […]
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