Contemporary Fiction and ChristianityBloomsbury Academic, 2008 M02 20 - 168 pages This book provides a detailed exploration of the spiritual and religious contexts and subtexts of contemporary fiction. |
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... represented as a symptom of mental instability but as a mark of spiritual courage . Jesus encounters a devil quite ... represents the accretion of superstition perpetuated by the powerful institution of the visible Church - both Roman ...
... represented as a symptom of mental instability but as a mark of spiritual courage . Jesus encounters a devil quite ... represents the accretion of superstition perpetuated by the powerful institution of the visible Church - both Roman ...
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... represents an unholy , heretical challenge to divine authority . Yet for other , less theologically inclined critics ... representing theological ideas . This novel - romance never capitulates to secular or sacred orthodoxies , but tests ...
... represents an unholy , heretical challenge to divine authority . Yet for other , less theologically inclined critics ... representing theological ideas . This novel - romance never capitulates to secular or sacred orthodoxies , but tests ...
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... represented in the two novels . The hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church is similarly keen to disprove Faith's ... represents a rather vulnerable , liberal version of belief , shaped by an incarnational encoun- ter with ordinary ...
... represented in the two novels . The hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church is similarly keen to disprove Faith's ... represents a rather vulnerable , liberal version of belief , shaped by an incarnational encoun- ter with ordinary ...
Contents
Jesus in Contemporary Fiction | 22 |
Between Grace and the Devils motley | 40 |
Signs Wonders and the Novel | 57 |
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