02947cam a2200541Ma 4500 ocn652681726 OCoLC 20200709055451.0 m d cr unu---uuuuu 100805s2010 at o 001 0 eng AU@ eng AU@ EBLCP OCLCQ MHW N$T 9781921511967 (electronic bk.) 1921511966 (electronic bk.) AU@ 000045861415 AU@ 000047480678 (OCoLC)652681726 421294 (N$T) PO Box 504, Hindmarsh SA 5007 anuc u-at--- BL65.C8 M3654 2010 REL 105000 bisacsh 201.7 22 N$TA McCredden, Lyn, 1953- Luminous moments [electronic resource] : the contemporary sacred / by Lyn McCredden. Hindmarsh, S. Aust. : ATF Press, 2010. 1 online resource. Includes index. Chapter One; Popular Cultures/Sacredness; Chapter Two; Postmodern Rituals:; Contemporary Australia Responds to Bali; Chapter Three; The Impossible Infinite:; Les Murray, Poetry, and the Sacred; Chapter Four; Tim Winton: Dirt Music and Dreams of Renewal; Chapter Five; Forms of Memory in Post-Colonial Australia; Chapter Six; Sacred Exchange: Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda; Chapter Seven; Contemporary Sacredness: The City Poetry of; Vincent Buckley and Sam Wagan Watson; Chapter Eight; 'Untranscended Life Itself':; The Poetry of Pam Brown; Chapter Nine; The Carnal Theologies of Nick Cave Luminous Moments is an idea, a way of seeing, an imaginative practice of openness to the everyday and the random. In the early twenty-first century, human beings seek new ways of constructing and comprehending ultimate meanings. For many, the revival of evolutionary thinking, along with the centenary of Darwin, is creating a new faith. Long live the prophets Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens! For others, the earth in all its beauty and its present agonies is where they seek to understand their existence. The institutions of church, mosque, temple or shrine still hold out the promise of Religion and culture. Religion in literature. Religion and literature. Australian literature History and criticism. Sacred books. Sacred music. Spirituality. RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies bisacsh Electronic books. http://www.ebookscorporation.com Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=631140 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=421294 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL631140 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50907 50907