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Cargando... Religion as Metaphor: Beyond Literal Belief (edición 2015)por David Tacey (Autor)
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Biblical stories are metaphorical. They may have been accepted as factual hundreds of years ago, but today they cannot be taken literally. Some students in religious schools even recoil from the "fairy tales" of religion, believing them to be mockeries of their intelligence. David Tacey argues that biblical language should not be read as history, and it was never intended as literal description. At best it is metaphorical, but he does not deny these stories have spiritual meaning. Religion as Metaphor argues that despite what tradition tells us, if we "believe" religious language, we miss religion's spiritual meaning. Tacey argues that religious language was not designed to be historical reporting, but rather to resonate in the soul and direct us toward transcendent realities. Its impact was intended to be closer to poetry than theology. The book uses specific examples to make its case: Jesus, the Virgin Birth, the Kingdom of God, the Apocalypse, Satan, and the Resurrection. Tacey shows that, with the aid of contemporary thought and depth psychology, we can re-read religious stories as metaphors of the spirit and the interior life. Moving beyond literal thinking will save religion from itself. the Resurrection. Tacey shows that, with the aid of contemporary thought and depth psychology, we can re-read religious stories as metaphors of the spirit and the interior life. Moving beyond literal thinking will save religion from itself. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The problem with some commentators, and to some extent Tacey, is that they confuse atheism as being nonspiritual. Atheism is exactly what the word says, non-theistic, no belief in a God. That is not the same as refuting some kind of spirituality minus a God figure. Those people reduce the options to literalism or atheism, then propose a way to salvage one of the religions but without using the word God. Oh well, I do think the essence of the task will lead to what many already do, accept that religions have many wonderful things to offer but are in fact false in their current form. Making the understanding metaphorical, as the works were intended in the first place, will lead to a spiritual world one hopes.
Tacey makes a wonderful argument for how to read the Christian religion as metaphor. Yes, he does keep pointing out the very serious errors in fundamentalism's literalism, but that is justified since fundamentalism (regardless of which religion) is the most dangerous force in the world today.
I would recommend this book to everyone who wants to understand how they can be rational and spiritual at the same time. Many of us do so without salvaging one of the religions but for most it will be necessary to maintain some connection to their comfort zone and this book shows how one can do so.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via Edelweiss. (