Narrative, religion, and science : fundamentalism versus irony, 1700-1999 /

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"An increasing number of contemporary scientists, philosophers and theologians downplay their professional authority and describe their work as simply 'telling stories about the world'. If this is so, Stephen Prickett argues, literary criticism can (and should) be applied to all these...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prickett, Stephen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Temas:
Narration (Rhetoric)
Literature and science.
Religion and literature.
Religion.
Religion
Narration.
Littérature et sciences.
Religion et littérature.
religion (discipline)
11.59 church history, history of doctrine: other.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Literature and science
Religion and literature
Theologie
Narrativität
Fundamentalisme.
Geloof en wetenschap.
Ironie.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Arthur Dent, Screwtape and the mysteries of story-telling
  • 1. Postmodernism, grand narratives and just-so stories
  • 2. Newton and Kissinger: Science as irony?
  • 3. Learning to say 'I': Literature and subjectivity
  • 4. Reconstructing religion: Fragmentation, typology and symbolism
  • 5. The ache in the missing limb: Language, truth and presence
  • 6. Twentieth-century fundamentalisms: Theology, truth and irony
  • 7. Science and religion: Language, metaphor and consilience
  • Concluding conversational postscript: The tomb of Napoleon.

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