Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the PresentSpringer, 1992 M06 18 - 356 páginas This is the first account of invented stories involving the Christian supernatural. In their development a central concern is found to be the fantasy-making human imagination itself, at first seen as a obstacle to Christian purpose, but more recently given freer rein. |
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From 1200 to the Present Colin N. Manlove. — The miracles of Christ have been questioned . Indeed Christ's supernatural existence has been emphasised less than His human life on earth , and His example . The tendency has been towards ...
From 1200 to the Present Colin N. Manlove. — The miracles of Christ have been questioned . Indeed Christ's supernatural existence has been emphasised less than His human life on earth , and His example . The tendency has been towards ...
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... Christ incarnated or risen . Equally we may see the other worlds of Dante's Commedia as invention , but what are we to do with the spiritual truths they embody ? or what with his assertion that they were a vision given to Dante direct ...
... Christ incarnated or risen . Equally we may see the other worlds of Dante's Commedia as invention , but what are we to do with the spiritual truths they embody ? or what with his assertion that they were a vision given to Dante direct ...
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... Christ , and the same goes for most modern Christian fantasy , which comes as it were heavily disguised : C. S. Lewis , for instance , invites us to perceive a Christ story in the slaying of his lion Aslan in The Lion , the Witch and ...
... Christ , and the same goes for most modern Christian fantasy , which comes as it were heavily disguised : C. S. Lewis , for instance , invites us to perceive a Christ story in the slaying of his lion Aslan in The Lion , the Witch and ...
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... Christ's sacrifice for man . Milton's heaven is full of Christ and the promise of redemption for man after his fall . Even Blake , who reverses the traditional categories of ' Messiah ' and ' Satan ' , still creates an inverted ...
... Christ's sacrifice for man . Milton's heaven is full of Christ and the promise of redemption for man after his fall . Even Blake , who reverses the traditional categories of ' Messiah ' and ' Satan ' , still creates an inverted ...
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... Christ used parables to put over truths Himself indeed , still more matter - since Christ's imagination is far superior to ours and we have no earthly right to exchange His hallowed pictures for those of our own making . To Tolkien's ...
... Christ used parables to put over truths Himself indeed , still more matter - since Christ's imagination is far superior to ours and we have no earthly right to exchange His hallowed pictures for those of our own making . To Tolkien's ...
Contenido
12 | |
21 | |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
The Faerie Queene Book I | 50 |
Dr Faustus | 73 |
The Metaphysical Poets | 94 |
42 | 107 |
The Pilgrims Progress | 115 |
Heaven and Hell | 131 |
The Little Black Boy and The Marriage | 144 |
Modern Christian Fantasy | 156 |
George MacDonalds Fairy Tales | 164 |
The WaterBabies | 330 |
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