The Novel as Church : Preaching to Readers in Contemporary Fiction /

This book explores the surprising influence of fictional preachers and their sermons - and why actual preachers should care.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dickinson, David, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sermons in literature.
Religion in literature.
Preaching in literature.
English fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Religion dans la litterature.
Predication dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Sounding the depths of dissonance
  • Have we heard the end of the sermon?
  • Amen : the assumption of authority
  • Keeping faith : the troubled preacher in Updike and Lodge
  • Heaven in ordinary : religious experience in fictional sermons
  • Words : poison in the ear, a game with language, or naming truth?
  • Shaping paradise through preaching
  • Memory and imagination
  • Epilogue.

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