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Between truth and fiction : a reader in literature and Christian theology / edited by David Jasper and Allen Smith.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London, UK : SCM Press, 2010.Description: x, 179 p. ; pbk ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780334041924 (pbk.)
  • 0334041929 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Between truth & fiction
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230/BET
Contents:
1. Literary theology -- Colossians 1.15-20 -- On Christian teaching / Augustine of Hippo -- The interior castle / Teresa of Avila -- An essay on the development of Christian doctrine / John Henry Newman -- The seven story mountain / Thomas Merton.
2. Fiction -- Luke 10.29-37 (The parable of the Good Samaritan) -- The golden legend : readings on the saints / Jacobus de Voragine -- Moby-Dick, or the white whale / Herman Melville -- Monsignor Quixote / Graham Greene -- The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood.
3. Autobiography -- 2 Corinthians 11.22-31 -- The confessions / Augustine of Hippo -- Vita brevis : a letter to St. Augustine / Jostein Gaarder -- Revelations of divine love / Julian of Norwich -- A heartbreaking work of staggering genius / Dave Eggers.
4. Lyric, poetry and songs -- Song of Songs 8.6-7, 10-14 -- 1 Corinthians 13 -- 'Love (III)' / George Herbert -- 'The joy of church fellowship rightly attended' / Edward Taylor -- 'Poetry' / Marianne Moore.
5. Drama -- 1 Corinthians 11.20-26 -- An Easter resurrection play / Ethelwold -- Henry V / William Shakespeare -- Uncle Vania / Anton Chekhov -- Our town / Thornton Wilder -- Waiting for Godot / Samuel Beckett.
6. Essays and aphorisms -- Ecclesiastes 1.1-11 -- 'The translators to the reader' / The King James Bible (1611) -- 'Of truth' / Francis, Lord Bacon -- 'Solitude' / Henry David Thoreau -- 'Parable of Cervantes and the Quixote' / Jorge Luis Borges.
7. Sermons -- Acts of the Apostles 2.14-38 -- 'Funeral oration for his sister Gorgonia' / Gregory of Nazianzus -- 'Sinners in the hands of an angry God' / Jonathan Edwards -- 'A grasp of the hand' / Austin Farrer -- 'I have a dream' / Martin Luther King Jr.
8. Post-colonial literature -- Psalm 137 -- The curse of Cain : the violent legacy of monotheism / Regina M. Schwartz -- Midnight's children / Salman Rushdie -- 'Oral history' / Nadine Gordimer -- Devil on the cross / Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o -- 'Arrival of the snake woman' / Olive Senior.
9. Feminist literature -- John 20.1-18 -- The wild girl / Michèle Roberts -- The woman's Bible part II / Phebe A. Hanaford -- A room of one's own / Virginia Woolf -- 'Song' / Adrienne Rich.
10. Postmodern text -- Revelation 5.1-5, 10.9-10 -- The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy / Laurence Sterne -- Erring : a postmodern a/theology / Mark C. Taylor -- A brief history of time / Stephen Hawking -- Landscape painted with tea / Milorad Pavić.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Literary theology --
Colossians 1.15-20 --
On Christian teaching / Augustine of Hippo --
The interior castle / Teresa of Avila --
An essay on the development of Christian doctrine / John Henry Newman --
The seven story mountain / Thomas Merton.

2. Fiction --
Luke 10.29-37 (The parable of the Good Samaritan) --
The golden legend : readings on the saints / Jacobus de Voragine --
Moby-Dick, or the white whale / Herman Melville --
Monsignor Quixote / Graham Greene --
The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood.

3. Autobiography --
2 Corinthians 11.22-31 --
The confessions / Augustine of Hippo --
Vita brevis : a letter to St. Augustine / Jostein Gaarder --
Revelations of divine love / Julian of Norwich --
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius / Dave Eggers.

4. Lyric, poetry and songs --
Song of Songs 8.6-7, 10-14 --
1 Corinthians 13 --
'Love (III)' / George Herbert --
'The joy of church fellowship rightly attended' / Edward Taylor --
'Poetry' / Marianne Moore.

5. Drama --
1 Corinthians 11.20-26 --
An Easter resurrection play / Ethelwold --
Henry V / William Shakespeare --
Uncle Vania / Anton Chekhov --
Our town / Thornton Wilder --
Waiting for Godot / Samuel Beckett.

6. Essays and aphorisms --
Ecclesiastes 1.1-11 --
'The translators to the reader' / The King James Bible (1611) --
'Of truth' / Francis, Lord Bacon --
'Solitude' / Henry David Thoreau --
'Parable of Cervantes and the Quixote' / Jorge Luis Borges.

7. Sermons --
Acts of the Apostles 2.14-38 --
'Funeral oration for his sister Gorgonia' / Gregory of Nazianzus --
'Sinners in the hands of an angry God' / Jonathan Edwards --
'A grasp of the hand' / Austin Farrer --
'I have a dream' / Martin Luther King Jr.

8. Post-colonial literature --
Psalm 137 --
The curse of Cain : the violent legacy of monotheism / Regina M. Schwartz --
Midnight's children / Salman Rushdie --
'Oral history' / Nadine Gordimer --
Devil on the cross / Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o --
'Arrival of the snake woman' / Olive Senior.

9. Feminist literature --
John 20.1-18 --
The wild girl / Michèle Roberts --
The woman's Bible part II / Phebe A. Hanaford --
A room of one's own / Virginia Woolf --
'Song' / Adrienne Rich.

10. Postmodern text --
Revelation 5.1-5, 10.9-10 --
The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy / Laurence Sterne --
Erring : a postmodern a/theology / Mark C. Taylor --
A brief history of time / Stephen Hawking --
Landscape painted with tea / Milorad Pavić.

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