Description: Reception history of the parables by David Gowler (Emory University) for a Baylor University Press book: A Chorus of Voices
A blog by Dr. David B. Gowler (Oxford College of Emory University) about the reception history of the parables of Jesus. It includes reflections on issues from three of my books on the parables: What are They Saying about the Parables? (Paulist), The Parables after Jesus (Baylor), Howard Thurman: Sermons on the Parables (Orbis).
Here is the current outline of my next book: What Do Parables Want?: Howard Thurman, the Parables, and the Quest for Common Ground.
It hopefully integrates several different aspects into a coherent whole, based on Thurman’s example: