Story – OralityResources https://oralityresources.international International Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:20:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://i0.wp.com/oralityresources.international/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Logo-ORI-NoCirle-512.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Story – OralityResources https://oralityresources.international 32 32 229169570 Pontos de conexão (Volume 1) https://oralityresources.international/pontos-de-conexao-1/ https://oralityresources.international/pontos-de-conexao-1/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:38:27 +0000 https://oralityresources.international/?p=1702 Reduzindo o abismo da oralidade para mentes e 💞

Editado por Charles B. Madinger e Danyal Qalb
Prefácio de Samuel E. Chiang
Traduzido por Antonio Alvares e Josafá Correia Júnior

ISBN: 978-621-8511-04-0

Com capítulos de Larry Dinkins, Samuel Law, Jay Mātenga, W. Jay Moon e Tom Steffen

Este primeiro volume de uma inovadora série em três partes explora a oralidade como uma estrutura vital para a comunicação, a aprendizagem e o ministério no mundo contemporâneo. Ele envolve o leitor em uma grande narrativa pela perspectiva de um companheiro de jornada em busca de descobertas, modelando a oralidade não apenas como tema, mas também como experiência. Com base em antropologia, missiologia, teologia, estudos performáticos e educação, os autores oferecem insights práticos para interagir com comunidades de alta preferência da oralidade. Com contribuições de destacados acadêmicos e praticantes, este volume apresenta uma perspectiva rica e interdisciplinar, convidando os leitores a repensar a comunicação e a abraçar a oralidade como caminho para ensino transformador e ministério intercultural.

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Connecting Points (Volume 1) https://oralityresources.international/connecting-points-1/ Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:09:24 +0000 https://oralityresources.international/?p=1429 Bridging the Orality Gap to Minds and 💞

Edited by Charles B. Madinger & Danyal Qalb
Foreword by Samuel E. Chiang

ISBN: 978-621-96888-3-3

With chapters by Larry Dinkins, Samuel Law, Jay Mātenga, W. Jay Moon & Tom Steffen

This first volume of a groundbreaking three-part series explores orality as a vital framework for communication, learning, and ministry in today’s world. It immerses readers in a grand narrative through the perspective of a fellow traveler on a journey of discovery, modeling orality not only as a subject but also as an experience. Drawing from anthropology, missiology, theology, performance studies, and education, the authors offer practical insights for engaging with high-orality-reliant communities. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, this volume presents a rich, interdisciplinary perspective, inviting readers to rethink communication and embrace orality as a pathway for transformative teaching and cross-cultural ministry.

🎞 Check out the chapter summary videos!

📙 Read the second volume.

📙 Read the Portuguese translation.

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Character Theology https://oralityresources.international/character-theology-2/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:59:17 +0000 https://oralityresources.international/?p=1423 by Tom Steffen

Abstract: Tom Steffen discusses how to shift from traditional systematic theology to a story-based approach. He highlights the importance of biblical characters in teaching theology, emphasizing that characters drive the narrative and help convey theological truths through their experiences. This approach, known as character theology, engages readers by connecting biblical stories to human experiences, making theology more relatable and impactful.

This article was published in EMQ 61:3 (Jul-Aug 2025).

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Preaching to Oral Audiences https://oralityresources.international/preaching-to-oral-audiences/ Fri, 04 Jul 2025 02:10:01 +0000 https://oralityresources.international/?p=1389 by Larry Dinkins

Abstract: Larry Dinkins discovered, after trying a highly literate TEE approach for Bible study and a western approach to preaching, that the Thai were in fact “preferred oral learners” who responded best to the narrative sections of Scripture. Following a major fail during an orality workshop, he went on a quest to understand how best to communicate to concrete relational learners like the Thai. Dinkins has since been involved with one hundred Simply the Story workshops in ten countries, and has settled on a three-pronged narrative preaching approach that has produced gratifying results with the added benefit of being easily replicated.

This article was published in Mission Round Table 19:2 (May-Aug 2024): 20-28.

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