Kreglinger, Gisela H. <br/><br/>
Storied Revelations  Parables, Imagination and George MacDonald's Christian Fiction.  [electronic resource] : 

 - Havertown :  The Lutterworth Press,  2014. 
 - 1 online resource (235 pages) 
<br/><br/>Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. George MacDonald: Poet and Theologian; 2. Patterns of Subversion and Promise: Jesus'' Parables; 3. Patterns of Subversion and Promise: Romanticism; 4. George MacDonald''s Theological Rationale for Story and the ""Parabolic""; 5. Patterns of Subversion and Promise: Lilith; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back cover. 
<br/><br/> George MacDonald, the Victorian poet and theologian, observed that his was a culture saturated with Christian jargon but often void of a profound understanding of the gospel for its own time and culture. The language of Scripture no longer penetrated people's hearts, thoughts, and attitudes; it no longer transformed people's lives. MacDonald, called to be a pastor, turned to story and more specifically the ""parabolic"" as a means of spiritual awakening. He created fictive worlds in which the language of Jesus would find a new home and regain its revelatory power for his particular Victorian a. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780718842147 0718842146 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt1cg519m  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>MacDonald, George, 1824-1905 --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Jesus Christ--Parables.<br/>Jesus Christ.<br/>MacDonald, George, 1824-1905. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Imagination.<br/>Parables.<br/>Christian fiction--History and criticism.<br/>Bible and literature.<br/>RELIGION--Christian Theology--Systematic.<br/>RELIGION--Christianity--General.<br/>Bible and literature.<br/>Christian fiction.<br/>Imagination.<br/>Parables.<br/>Parables, Biblical.<br/>RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR4969  / .K74 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>230.092