Questions to focus on: Redemptive Analogies

These questions can be used at different levels. You can take 30 seconds to think about one or two. You can discuss them in a team or group of like-minded Christians. Or they can be used in a college class, including assignments and research projects, and answered in writing at any depth. They may be freely reproduced for this purpose. Please email us additional questions that could be added to this page.
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  1. Why should we expect redemptive analogies to be embedded in any culture?
  2. How do they relate to the universal elements within stories in all cultures?
  3. How can we learn to be inquisitive about any culture, so that we can find these redemptive parallels?