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Beginning with the Word: Modern Literature and the Question of Belief

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In this addition to the critically acclaimed Cultural Exegesis series, a nationally recognized scholar and award-winning author offers a sophisticated theological engagement with the nature of language and literature. Roger Lundin conducts a sustained theological dialogue with imaginative literature and with modern literary and cultural theory, utilizing works of poetry and fiction throughout to prompt the discussion and focus his reflections. The book is marked by a commitment to bring the history of Christian thought, modern theology in particular, into dialogue with literature and modern culture. It is theologically rigorous, widely interdisciplinary in scope, lucidly written, and ecumenical in tone and approach.

Language: English

Pages: 261

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Baker Academic

Release: December 01, 2013

ISBN: 0801027268

ISBN 13: 9780801027260

Beginning with the Word: Modern Literature and the Question of Belief

3.9/5 ( ratings)

In this addition to the critically acclaimed Cultural Exegesis series, a nationally recognized scholar and award-winning author offers a sophisticated theological engagement with the nature of language and literature. Roger Lundin conducts a sustained theological dialogue with imaginative literature and with modern literary and cultural theory, utilizing works of poetry and fiction throughout to prompt the discussion and focus his reflections. The book is marked by a commitment to bring the history of Christian thought, modern theology in particular, into dialogue with literature and modern culture. It is theologically rigorous, widely interdisciplinary in scope, lucidly written, and ecumenical in tone and approach.

Language: English

Pages: 261

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Baker Academic

Release: December 01, 2013

ISBN: 0801027268

ISBN 13: 9780801027260

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