Story, Religious Identity, and Religious Education: An Analysis Based on the Narrative Hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur
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Ali Vahdati Daneshmand
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(University of Tehran)
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Keywords: Story, Religious identity, Religious education, Hermeneutics, Paul Ricoeur,
Abstract :
The current crisis of meaning and identity is one of the major concerns for every educational system. Religious identity is one of the aspects of this problem that is highly recognized in Islamic Iran. This paper tries to provide a picture for the concept of religious identity, the role of stories, one of the chief sources of meaning, in its genesis and the consequences of storytelling for religious education based on the narrative hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur. The Ricoeurian thought shows that religious texts in general and religious stories in particular shape the religious identity. According to Ricoeur, description using narratives, is subject to pure narrativisim and it is necessary to move to explanation step. Although every narrative has its own world, but to explain the religious teachings using narratives, other rival discourses must be considered
