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| Telling God's Stories with Power: Biblical Storytelling in Oral Cultures |
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CONTENTS
Illustrations
Tables
Overview
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. A World of Orality
Oral vs. Literate Learning Styles
Literacy and Illiteracy
Orality in India
Oral Stories in Peasant Cultures
Section One: Theoretical Foundations
3. Orality in the Bible
Transmission of Biblical Knowledge through Storytelling
Jesus' Example
Paul
4. The Development of Biblical Storytelling
Chronological Bible Storying
Where Next?
Two Kinds of Thinking
5. Stories and Learning
The Educational Role of Stories
Literacy and Orality
A Church-Compatible Training Model
The Affective Aspect of Learning
The Power of Discovery
The Value of an Example
Praxis
The Importance of Transfer
6. Theological Foundations of Storytelling
A Pentecostal Theology
An Experiential Christianity
Whose Theology?
Felt Needs
Section Two: Training Storytellers
7. The Storytellers
A Pilot Project
The Oral Bible Project
A Systems Model of Training
Description of the Participants
8. The Story Training
A Standard Day
Accountability
Learning to Tell the Stories
Story Selection
Structuring a Story Track
Remembering the Stories
Story Scripting
Performing the Story
Story-songs
9. The Product
The Biculture Learning Model
Generation 1
Generation 2
Generation 3
Generation 4
The Adult Education Component
Section Three: Findings from the Research
10. Outcomes that Emerged from the Program
Verbatim Reports from the Participants
Application of Story
Comparisons of Storytelling with Other Methods
The Interface of Orality and Literacy
Identification with Bible Characters
Faith
Felt Needs
The Burning Bus
Other Felt Needs
Field Leaders' Questionnaire
Comprehensive Examinations
The Exam
Findings
Conclusions
11. Case Studies
Felt Needs Leading to Conversion
Mangal Kisku
Bilion Soren
Transformed Lives
Somarsing's Story
Rubilal's Story
Anil's Story
12. Conclusion
The Oral Bible Project
A Look Back
A Look to the Future
Areas for Further Research
Congregational Research
Ethnomusicology
Issues to Be Resolved
An Oral Theology
Institutional Schooling or the Oral Bible Model?
Appendices
A. Where Stories Were Told
B. Two Accounts of Violence Against Christians
C. Sample Field Report Form with Mnemonic Symbols
D. Stories Learned
E. Facial Expressions That Portray Human Emotions
F. Story-song Examples
G. Comparisons of Storytelling with Bible School Training
H. Comparing Storytelling with Other Methods
I. Themes in the Verbatims
J. Case Instance Examples
1. Application of Story
2. Barren Women Who Conceived
3. Conversion
4. Financial Need
5. The Dead Raised
6. Is This a Real Story?
7. Peace in Human Relationships
8. Felt Need for Help with School Exams
9. Nonliterates and Story Learning
10. Application by Storytellers
11. Resistance to the Gospel Overcome
K. Comprehensive Exam Scores
L. Multiple Choice Questions
End Notes
Index of Authors
Index of Verbatims by Theme
Index of Topics
References
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