The Company of the Creative: A Christian Reader's Guide to Great Literature and Its ThemesKregel Academic - 639 páginas Great works and authors of the world are introduced and reviewed artistically, intellectually, and theologically. Persons discussed include Plato, Milton, Dickens, Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, and C. S. Lewis. |
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... Ideas , from the Enlightenment to Postmodernity 9 11 19 57 77 103 Chapter Six : Weighing the Christian Heritage of William Shakespeare 145 Chapter Seven : Appreciating the Treasures of British Poetry 179 Chapter Eight : Inquiring into ...
... Ideas , from the Enlightenment to Postmodernity 9 11 19 57 77 103 Chapter Six : Weighing the Christian Heritage of William Shakespeare 145 Chapter Seven : Appreciating the Treasures of British Poetry 179 Chapter Eight : Inquiring into ...
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... idea of truth , knowledge or objectivity . " The present cli- mate is not congenial to those who advocate absolute truth and authoritative systems of belief , yet " we do , however , speak a message of wisdom among the mature , but not ...
... idea of truth , knowledge or objectivity . " The present cli- mate is not congenial to those who advocate absolute truth and authoritative systems of belief , yet " we do , however , speak a message of wisdom among the mature , but not ...
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... IDEAS In a stirring appeal to read widely and without embarrassment , Fred Craddock . the distinguished homiletician , warns against " the vulgar practice of combing through literature for illustrations . " 27 There is grave danger in ...
... IDEAS In a stirring appeal to read widely and without embarrassment , Fred Craddock . the distinguished homiletician , warns against " the vulgar practice of combing through literature for illustrations . " 27 There is grave danger in ...
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... idea of God . Gilbert Murray traces " the failure of nerve " in the centuries from Plato to Paul . Into the spiritual vacuum crept Stoicism , Epicureanism , and the mystery religions of the East . Greek religion atrophied and the city ...
... idea of God . Gilbert Murray traces " the failure of nerve " in the centuries from Plato to Paul . Into the spiritual vacuum crept Stoicism , Epicureanism , and the mystery religions of the East . Greek religion atrophied and the city ...
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... ideas born in the Greek colonies of Ionia in what is now Turkey . Wilhelm Windelband attributed what happened in the sixth century B.c. to " the mighty upward movement of the national life ( democracy and freedom ) which unfet- tered ...
... ideas born in the Greek colonies of Ionia in what is now Turkey . Wilhelm Windelband attributed what happened in the sixth century B.c. to " the mighty upward movement of the national life ( democracy and freedom ) which unfet- tered ...
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Tapping the Vitality of the Renaissance | 77 |
Revisiting Crucial Ideas from | 103 |
Weighing the Christian Heritage | 145 |
Appreciating the Treasures of British Poetry | 179 |
Inquiring into the Values of American Poetry | 261 |
Examining the Startling Surges | 375 |
Broadening the Search into World Literature | 425 |
Exploring the Literature of and About | 490 |
Assessing the Literature of Drama and | 512 |
Searching Through the Vast World of | 532 |
Selecting the Best in the Daunting Array | 558 |
Reading and Its Future | 582 |
Sifting the Amazing Trove of British Fiction | 306 |
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The Company of the Creative: A Christian Reader's Guide to Great Literature ... David L. Larsen Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
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