Biblical Narrative Learning

Teaching Adequate Faith in the Gospel of John

Tung Chiew Ha

• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781625641274
  9781498205146
• eBook ISBN:
  9781498205139
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Biblical narrative learning is a non-critical educational approach for Christian communities with diverse learning backgrounds, involving three sets of movement: inquire and invent, interpret and imagine-inspire, and imitate and impart. It is grounded in humankind's universal capacity to teach and learn through stories and built on practices in narrative learning, along with biblical narratives. The Gospel of John provides a model for this interpretive process that continues the teaching of living in a loving relationship with God and one another. John uses many literary devices to enhance an affective and reflective learning. The literary devices create the familiar-strange effect. John's narrative fosters remembrance of the Story and guides the learner to adequate faith in God. It inculcates adequate faith to wait in suspense, while the Jesus Story and our stories, when they are remembered, create new understanding and transform the life experiences of the person.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Towards a Biblical Narrative Learning
• 2. The Narrative World That Shaped John’s Gospel
• 3. Teaching Faith in John’s Gospel
• 4. Learning Faith in John’s Gospel
• 5. Practicing Biblical Narrative Learning
• Conclusion
• Bibliography