To clarify, narrative ≠ fiction. As the title of the paper suggests, there's a possibility that narrative not only represents reality, but may also constitute it. In the most radical sense, narrative is as real as reality gets.
It's one thing to say the Bible is narrative, and another to say it is fiction. My thesis deals with the former.
It's one thing to say the Bible is narrative, and another to say it is fiction. My thesis deals with the former.