Storied Revelations : Parables, Imagination and George MacDonald's Christian Fiction.

George MacDonald, the Victorian poet and theologian, observed that his was a culture saturated with Christian jargon but often void of a profound understanding of the gospel for its own time and culture. The language of Scripture no longer penetrated people's hearts, thoughts, and attitudes; it...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kreglinger, Gisela H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Havertown : The Lutterworth Press, 2014.
Series:Distinguished dissertations in Christian theology ; 9.
Subjects:
MacDonald, George, > 1824-1905 > Criticism and interpretation.
Jesus Christ > Parables.
Jesus Christ
MacDonald, George, > 1824-1905
Imagination.
Parables.
Christian fiction > History and criticism.
Bible and literature.
Paraboles.
Roman chrétien > Histoire et critique.
Bible et littérature.
parables.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Systematic.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Exegesis & Hermeneutics.
Bible and literature
Christian fiction
Imagination
Parables
Parables, Biblical
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. George MacDonald: Poet and Theologian; 2. Patterns of Subversion and Promise: Jesus'' Parables; 3. Patterns of Subversion and Promise: Romanticism; 4. George MacDonald''s Theological Rationale for Story and the Parabolic
  • 5. Patterns of Subversion and Promise: Lilith; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back cover.

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