Telling God’s Stories with Power

Table of 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