Contemporary Fiction and ChristianityThis book provides a detailed exploration of the spiritual and religious contexts and subtexts of contemporary fiction. |
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... imagination ? How can the novel accommodate transcendent experiences or encounters with the divine ? Is it possible , in a rational era , that a piece of narrative might make a compelling case for theism ? How might a writer address the ...
... imagination ? How can the novel accommodate transcendent experiences or encounters with the divine ? Is it possible , in a rational era , that a piece of narrative might make a compelling case for theism ? How might a writer address the ...
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... imagination she has set the limits and the terms . No atonement for God , or novelists , even if they are atheists . It was always an impossible task , and that was precisely the point . The attempt was all . The most striking ...
... imagination she has set the limits and the terms . No atonement for God , or novelists , even if they are atheists . It was always an impossible task , and that was precisely the point . The attempt was all . The most striking ...
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... imaginative inspiration or as an arena for debate . 14 The relationship between the categories of the sacred and the ... imagination . ' Fiction is a poor substitute for faith in such an incarnation but faith itself is wea- kened without ...
... imaginative inspiration or as an arena for debate . 14 The relationship between the categories of the sacred and the ... imagination . ' Fiction is a poor substitute for faith in such an incarnation but faith itself is wea- kened without ...
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Jesus in Contemporary Fiction | 22 |
Between Grace and the Devils motley | 40 |
Signs Wonders and the Novel | 57 |
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