Theology After Reading

Christian Imagination and the Power of Fiction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

606 kr

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Beskrivning

Theology After Reading explores how recent novelists, alongside certain post-War Christian theologians, appear to be challenging, inverting, reinterpreting, and sometimes even affirming, the basic questions and answers of more traditional theologians. Focusing on five novels, Darren Middleton's book illustrates how literary art provokes theological reflection. Examining Graham Greene's The End of the Affair, Toni Morrison's Sula, Nikos Kazantzakis's The Last Temptation of Christ, Earl Lovelace's The Wine of Astonishment, and Paul Thigpen's My Visit to Hell, Middleton deftly illuminates the expression of both mainstream and progressive Christian doctrines as themes in these selected works of fiction, ultimately reaffirming the graced search for meaning in the mindful Christian life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-09-01
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:305
Förlag:Baylor University Press
ISBN:9781602581586

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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Darren J. N. Middleton (Ph.D. The University of Glasgow, Scotland) is Associate Professor of Literature and Theology at Texas Christian University. He has published five books, including Broken Hallelujah: Nikos Kazantzakis and Christian Theology (2007).

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Here is a wonderfully fresh invitation from a gifted writer to explore the storied worlds of great literary theology. -Timothy K. Beal, Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, Case Western Reserve University

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments IntroductionIt's Fiction: What's Theology Got to Do with It? 1. GodGraham Greene's The End of the Affair 2. HumanityToni Morrison's Sula 3. JesusNikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation of Christ 4. ChurchEarl Lovelace's The Wine of Astonishment 5. EschatologyPaul Thigpen's My Visit to Hell Appendix I: An Interview with Paul Thigpen Appendix II: Further Reading Notes Selected Bibliography Index