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dc.creatorCho, Eunil David
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-08T14:30:50Z
dc.date.available2021-07-08T14:30:50Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/rel12020071
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/47477
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/2/71
dc.description.abstractThis article focuses on exploring the concept of narrative identity, which has emerged as an integrative concept in various academic fields. Particularly in philosophy and psychology, scholars have claimed that humans are storytellers by nature and tell their stories that develop in them a sense of identity. However, this concept has been criticized by those who have argued that while some people are Diachronic (narrative), some are Episodic (non-narrative). People with an episodic disposition do not or are not able to live a narrative or story of some sort. In order to explore the distinction between Diachronic and Episodic dispositions, I analyze the autobiographical writing of Leo Tolstoy, namely Tolstoy's personal religious experience presented in William James' "The Varieties of Religious Experience". This particular case study demonstrates how an Episodic person can become Diachronic and gain a sense of unity and a sense of self through religious experience. In the end, I argue that Episodic and Diachronic dispositions are not mutually exclusive in an individual's life, but that individuals may at different points in life experience their lives in one manner or another.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceReligions
dc.subjectnarrative identity
dc.subjectlife story
dc.subjectautobiography
dc.subjectepisodic memory
dc.subjectvirtue ethics
dc.subjectnarrative unity
dc.subjectstorytelling
dc.subjectepisodic disposition
dc.subjectnon-narrative
dc.subjectreligious experience
dc.subjectreligious identity
dc.titleDo We All Live Story-Shaped Lives? Narrative Identity, Episodic Life, and Religious Experience
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.holder2021 by the author
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0
local.collegeBrite Divinity School
local.departmentBrite Divinity School
local.personsCho (Brite)


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