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9781602581586

Theology after Reading : Christian Imagination and the Power of Fiction

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  • ISBN13:

    9781602581586

  • ISBN10:

    1602581584

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-09-01
  • Publisher: Baylor Univ Pr

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Summary

Theology After Reading explores how recent novelists, alongside certain post-War Christian theologians, appear to be challenging, inverting, reinterpreting, and sometimes even affirming, the basic questions and answers of more traditional theologians. Focusing on five novels, Darren Middleton's book illustrates how literary art provokes theological reflection. Examining Graham Greene's The End of the Affair, Toni Morrison's Sula, Nikos Kazantzakis's The Last Temptation of Christ, Earl Lovelace's The Wine of Astonishment, and Paul Thigpen's My Visit to Hell, Middleton deftly illuminates the expression of both mainstream and progressive Christian doctrines as themes in these selected works of fiction, ultimately reaffirming the graced search for meaning in the mindful Christian life.

Author Biography

Darren J. N. Middleton is Associate Professor of Literature and Theology at Texas Christian University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: It's Fiction: What's Theology Got to Do with It?p. 1
God: Graham Greene's The End of the Affairp. 15
Humanity: Toni Morrison's Sulap. 49
Jesus: Nikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation of Christp. 77
Church: Earl Lovelace's The Wine of Astonishmentp. 111
Eschatology: Paul Thigpen's My Visit to Hellp. 149
An Interview With Paul Thigpenp. 183
Further Readingp. 205
Notesp. 209
Selected Bibliographyp. 277
Indexp. 289
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