http://www.ntwrightproject.com/2008/09/27/obama-mccain-and-the-political-dimensions-of-story/ A Collaborative Study on the Work of Tom Wright Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:35:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.ntwrightproject.com/2008/09/27/obama-mccain-and-the-political-dimensions-of-story/#comment-25 N.T. Wright Project » At Long Last! - (Part 1 of 3) Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:53:50 +0000 http://www.ntwrightproject.com/?p=59#comment-25 [...] lay out in brief form what I take to be Wright’s understanding of critical realism in another post. Here, I want to point out the significance of this model of in the context of our earlier lament. [...] [...] lay out in brief form what I take to be Wright’s understanding of critical realism in another post. Here, I want to point out the significance of this model of in the context of our earlier lament. [...]

]]> http://www.ntwrightproject.com/2008/09/27/obama-mccain-and-the-political-dimensions-of-story/#comment-5 keas Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:16:23 +0000 http://www.ntwrightproject.com/?p=59#comment-5 Nice post, Andrew, and great insight, Laura. This helps me see that behind both of the two candidates' platforms and positions is a basic story. This story shapes how they perceive the world, themselves, and America. So maybe it's more accurate to speak of the Republican and Democratic "stories" than "platforms" or even "parties." Nice post, Andrew, and great insight, Laura. This helps me see that behind both of the two candidates’ platforms and positions is a basic story. This story shapes how they perceive the world, themselves, and America. So maybe it’s more accurate to speak of the Republican and Democratic “stories” than “platforms” or even “parties.”

]]> http://www.ntwrightproject.com/2008/09/27/obama-mccain-and-the-political-dimensions-of-story/#comment-3 Laura Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:03:04 +0000 http://www.ntwrightproject.com/?p=59#comment-3 This is interesting as I found myself last night during the debates becoming extremely frustrated with the candidates (particularly McCain) continually falling back on emotional stories rather than answering the questions put before them. They were certainly relying on the power of story to influence people in a way that, at least to me, felt like they were avoiding giving real answers to difficult questions. So as someone who believes that story is a powerful way of communicating truth, it was discouraging to see story being used to escape from the truth. This is interesting as I found myself last night during the debates becoming extremely frustrated with the candidates (particularly McCain) continually falling back on emotional stories rather than answering the questions put before them. They were certainly relying on the power of story to influence people in a way that, at least to me, felt like they were avoiding giving real answers to difficult questions. So as someone who believes that story is a powerful way of communicating truth, it was discouraging to see story being used to escape from the truth.

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