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The Holy Family and Its Legacy
Albrecht Koschorke
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Description for The Holy Family and Its Legacy
Hardback. Ranging over two millennia of history and culture, Koschorke considers such thinkers as Freud, Weber, Rousseau, and Kleist in an exploration that illuminates issues of historical, religious, artistic, psychological, and cultural importance. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Why do biblical themes continue to have such an impact on the popular imagination? Why do Mary-like mothers and Jesus-like sons play such a prominent role not only in the late Middle Ages and the Reformation but also in the Enlightenment; the nineteenth century, with its faith in science; and even our time, in such movies as The Terminator and the Star Wars saga-to the extent that we can count them among Western society's leading cultural archetypes? And what does the figure of the father-God reveal about the social and familial institutions of male-dominated society? In this provocative and ... Read more
Why do biblical themes continue to have such an impact on the popular imagination? Why do Mary-like mothers and Jesus-like sons play such a prominent role not only in the late Middle Ages and the Reformation but also in the Enlightenment; the nineteenth century, with its faith in science; and even our time, in such movies as The Terminator and the Star Wars saga-to the extent that we can count them among Western society's leading cultural archetypes? And what does the figure of the father-God reveal about the social and familial institutions of male-dominated society? In this provocative and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231127561
SKU
V9780231127561
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About Albrecht Koschorke
Albrecht Koschorke is professor of German at the University of Konstanz and is a project director at the Research Center for Literary Studies in Berlin. He has published four previous books in German, including Die Geschichte des Horizonts and Korperstrome und Schriftverkehr.
Reviews for The Holy Family and Its Legacy
An interesting dance of signs going back through the epochs Die Zeit This book demands a careful read.
Linda J. Strozdas Family Ministry Theologians can find some help in this book for the history and the cannons of their on discipline.
Mary Ann Donovan Theological Studies
Linda J. Strozdas Family Ministry Theologians can find some help in this book for the history and the cannons of their on discipline.
Mary Ann Donovan Theological Studies