God and the creative imagination : metaphor, symbol, and myth in religion and theology /

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In God and the Creative Imagination, Paul Avis argues that metaphor, symbol and myth, are the key to a real knowledge of God and the sacred.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Avis, Paul D. L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Subjects:
Imagination > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Metaphor > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Christian art and symbolism.
Myth.
Apologetics.
Mythe.
Apologétique.
Imagination > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
myths.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Systematic.
Apologetics
Christian art and symbolism
Imagination > Religious aspects > Christianity
Metaphor > Religious aspects > Christianity
Myth
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; Speaking of God in the language of the imagination; The fate of the imagination in modernity; The fate of the imagination in postmodernity; Affirming the truth of imagination: The alternative tradition; The world of biblical imagination; Creative theology and the making of doctrine; Imagination and the adventure of faith; Liturgy as literature; Metaphor; Symbol; Myth; Critical realism; Symbolic realism; Mythic realism; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.

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