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Storied Revelations: Parables, Imagination, and George Macdonald's Christian Fiction - Couverture rigide

Kreglinger, Gisela H

 
9781498265201: Storied Revelations: Parables, Imagination, and George Macdonald's Christian Fiction
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ISBN 10 : 1498265200 ISBN 13 : 9781498265201
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2013

Synopsis

Parables--used by Jesus to reveal to us the kingdom of God, used to move us from being bystanders to active recipients of God's work of revelation--are constantly at risk of being buried as "mummies of prose," as George MacDonald puts it. We become so familiar with the language of Scripture that Jesus' parables no longer work on us in this revelatory and transforming way. George MacDonald, the Victorian poet and theologian, observed this very process at work in Victorian society. It was a culture saturated with Christian jargon but often devoid of a profound understanding of the gospel for its own time and culture. The language of Scripture no longer penetrated people's hearts, imaginations, and attitudes; it no longer transformed people's lives. MacDonald, called to be a pastor, turned to story and more specifically the "parabolic" as a means of spiritual awakening. He created fictive worlds in which the language of Jesus would find a new home and regain its revelatory power for his particular Victorian audience.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gisela H. Kreglinger is visiting scholar at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

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Éditeur
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1498265200
ISBN 13 
9781498265201
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
250
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