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Coleridge, Mark (1988) The Necessary Angel: Imagination and the Bible. Pacifica, 1 (2). pp. 171-188. ISSN 1030-570X
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The point of this article is to explore the role of imagination in both the production and interpretation of the biblical texts. To speak of the metaphoric character of the Bible is to reject all authoritarian notions of interpretation which would claim that there is only one correct interpretation of a text. The biblical texts demand constantly fresh interpretations, the discovery of new possibilities. All our reading of the Scripture runs down to the sea of adoration, into the dark moment when we surrender to the infinite possibility which imagination has perceived at the heart of things. A failure to actualise Scripture in the life of the Church is a failure primarily of imagination.
| Item Type: | Published Articles |
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| Repository Version: | Metadata Only |
| Keywords (separated by commas): | Bible study, imagination, metaphor, interpretation, adoration, surrender, actualising scripture |
| Fields of Research: | 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies > 2204 Religion and Religious Studies > 220401 Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History) |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | C Society > 95 Cultural Understanding > 9504 Religion and Ethics > 950404 Religion and Society |
| Type of Activity: | Pure Basic Research |
| Subject Area(s): | B - Biblical Studies, general |
| Association with MCD: | Pacifica |
| Depositing User: | Cate Headey |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2010 01:38 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Sep 2010 00:48 |
| URI: | http://repository.mcd.edu.au/id/eprint/559 |
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