Personalities · 21 · Yhwh and His People
Charles Taylor's 'social imaginary'
The Canadian philosopher's term describes how people imagine their social existence. Jacob Wright uses it for the Bible's vision of covenant, law, and kinship.
How a community imagines itself.
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The Bible introduced a new understanding of law tied to belonging and national consciousness.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 335–336
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