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John C. Waldmeir - Cathedrals of Bone: The Role of the Body in Contemporary Catholic Literature - 9780823230600 - V9780823230600
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Cathedrals of Bone: The Role of the Body in Contemporary Catholic Literature

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Description for Cathedrals of Bone: The Role of the Body in Contemporary Catholic Literature Hardback. The metaphor of the Church as a 'body' has shaped Catholic thinking since the Second Vatican Council. This book studies a cohort of Catholic authors whose art takes seriously the themes of the Council: from novelists such as Mary Gordon, Ron Hansen, Louise Erdrich, and J F Powers to poets such as Annie Dillard, Mary Karr and Lucia Perillo. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.

The metaphor of the Church as a "body" has shaped Catholic thinking since the Second Vatican Council. Its influence on theological inquiries into Catholic nature and practice is well-known; less obvious is the way it has shaped a generation of Catholic imaginative writers. Cathedrals of Bone is the first full-length study of a cohort of Catholic authors whose art takes seriously the themes of the Council: from novelists such as Mary Gordon, Ron Hansen, Louise Erdrich, and J. F. Powers, to poets such as Annie Dillard, Mary Karr, Lucia Perillo, and Anne Carson, to the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823230600
SKU
V9780823230600
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About John C. Waldmeir
JOHN C. WALDMEIR teaches at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he has directed the Archbishop Kucera Center for Catholic Studies and held the annual John Cardinal O'Connor Chair in Catholic Thought. Cathedrals of Bone is his fourth book.

Reviews for Cathedrals of Bone: The Role of the Body in Contemporary Catholic Literature
"This groundbreaking book considers Catholic writers who have embraced the spirit of Vatian II and taken seriously the incarnational and sacramental identity of the body." -Choice "An insightful approach to contemporary Catholic literature."
-Dennis Castillo Christ the King Seminary "Explores the writing of Catholic authors whose work was influenced by the Second Vatican Council." -Publishers Weekly "Studying a wide ... Read more

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