03541cam a2200649Ia 4500 ocn889675707 OCoLC 20200709060220.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140830s2014 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP N$T IDEBK OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ JSTOR 9780718842147 (electronic bk.) 0718842146 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)889675707 22573/ctt1cg519m JSTOR PR4969 .K74 2013 REL 067110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh REL006400 bisacsh 230.092 22 MAIN Kreglinger, Gisela H. Storied Revelations [electronic resource] : Parables, Imagination and George MacDonald's Christian Fiction. Havertown : The Lutterworth Press, 2014. 1 online resource (235 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. 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. 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. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 MacDonald, George, 1824-1905 Criticism and interpretation. Jesus Christ Parables. Jesus Christ. fast (OCoLC)fst00040116 MacDonald, George, 1824-1905. fast (OCoLC)fst00029329 Imagination. Parables. Christian fiction History and criticism. Bible and literature. RELIGION Christian Theology Systematic. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity General. bisacsh Bible and literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00831217 Christian fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst00859135 Imagination. fast (OCoLC)fst00967585 Parables. fast (OCoLC)fst01052768 Parables, Biblical. fast (OCoLC)fst01353938 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics bisacsh Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=836608 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1774240 EBSCOhost EBSC 836608 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis29750058 92 N$T 55400 55400