Enjoying the Bible - Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Christianity Today 2022 Book Award of Merit (Beautiful Orthodoxy)Many Christians view the Bible as an instruction manual. While the Bible does provide instruction, it can also captivate, comfort, delight, shock, and inspire. In short, it elicits emotion--just like poetry. By learning to read and love poetry, says literature professor Matthew Mullins, readers can increase their understanding of the biblical text and learn to love God's Word more. Each chapter includes exercises and questions designed to help readers put the book's principles and practices into action.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-03-01
Mått:137 x 213 x 15 mm
Vikt:272 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Baker Publishing Group
ISBN:9781540961662

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Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Matthew Mullins (PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) is associate professor of English and history of ideas at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He is the author of Postmodernism in Pieces and has written for Los Angeles Review of Books and American Book Review.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsIntroduction: The Hatred of Poetry and Why It Matters1. How Reading Literature Became a Quest for Meaning2. The Bible Is Literature3. Meaning Is More Than Message4. Not Anything5. Reading with Our Guts6. Delight and Instruction7. Why We Worship8. Changing Our Approach9. How to Read--General Sense10. How to Read--Central Emotion11. How to Read--Formal Means12. A Short Compendium of FormsConclusion: Negative Capability and HabituationAfterword: Reading AloudIndex