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Theology After Reading
Darren J. N. Middleton
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Description for Theology After Reading
Hardcover. Explores how 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, this book illustrates how literary art provokes theological reflection. Num Pages: 305 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
Number of Pages
305
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781602581586
SKU
V9781602581586
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About Darren J. N. Middleton
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).
Reviews for Theology After Reading
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