| Summary: | In this paper, I am going to consider some of the forms that truthfulness can take in the Christian
life. At the core of this account will be the idea of storied identity, and in the course of the
discussion, I hope to throw some light on the following questions. In general terms, what does it
take to live truthfully with respect to some narrative? More exactly, how might that truthfulness be
realised in bodily terms? And, finally, how might living truthfully with respect to a narrative
contribute to the further elaboration of the narrative? Of course, in our present context, my aim is
to address these questions with reference to the concerns of Christian ethics in particular – and I
shall take as my focus, therefore, the kind of storied truthfulness that is embodied in the practice of
neighbour love, and the question of how that truthfulness might be extended through participation
in the eucharist.
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