Literature and Theology
by Wood, Ralph C.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-11-01
Publisher(s): Abingdon Pr
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Summary
A highly engaging essay on the major concerns and questions regarding literature and theology
Author Biography
Ralph C. Wood is University Professor of Theology and Literature and teaches in the departments of Religion and English as well as the Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| The Scandalous Baptism of Harry Ashfield in Flannery O'Connor's "The River" | p. 1 |
| The Quest for Christian Vocation in Walker Percy's The Moviegoer | p. 13 |
| The Call to Companionship in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings | p. 25 |
| The Witness Made by Martyrdom in T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral | p. 37 |
| Hospitality as the Gift Greater than Tolerance in G. K. Chesterton's The Ball and the Cross | p. 51 |
| Doubt about the Goodness of God in C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces | p. 69 |
| Christian Living toward the End of Time in Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz | p. 87 |
| Notes | p. 101 |
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