Parables, Imagination and George MacDonald's Christian Fiction Kreglinger, Gisela H. creator text Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. xx Havertown The Lutterworth Press 2014 monographic eng

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1 online resource (235 pages) 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. 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. MacDonald, George 1824-1905 Criticism and interpretation Jesus Christ Parables Jesus Christ MacDonald, George 1824-1905 Imagination Parables Christian fiction History and criticism Bible and literature RELIGION Christian Theology Systematic RELIGION Christianity General Bible and literature Christian fiction Imagination Parables Parables, Biblical RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics PR4969 .K74 2013 230.092 9780718842147 0718842146 22573/ctt1cg519m JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=836608 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=836608 EBLCP 140830 20200709060220.0 ocn889675707 eng