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John Neary - Like and Unlike God - 9780788505690 - V9780788505690
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Like and Unlike God

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Description for Like and Unlike God Paperback. The "postmodernist context" of contemporary literary studies has seemed to push religious ideas to the margins. Nevertheless, religious concerns are deeply embedded in literature. This is an account of the literary and the religious, providing two ways of imagining our relationship with the divine. Series: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 309.
The "postmodernist context" of contemporary literary studies has seemed to push religious ideas to the margins. Nevertheless, religious concerns are deeply embedded in literature. This book provides a fresh and readable account of the literary and the religious. Drawing upon the work of David Tracy, Neary presents two ways of imagining the human relationship with the divine, the analogical and the dialogical imaginations. After an introductory look at the way in which the Christian theological tradition presents them, the book examines these imaginations and their complicated relationships within the works of two seminal modernist authors of fiction (Joseph Conrad and ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Series
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780788505690
SKU
V9780788505690
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