Literature and theology - Wood, Ralph C. (Nashville : Abingdon Press, 2008)
The scandalous baptism of Harry Ashfield in Flannery O'Connor's "The River" -- The quest for Christian vocation in Walker Percy's The moviegoer -- The call to companionship in J.R.R. Tolkien's The lord of the rings -- The witness made by martyrdom in T.S. Eliot's Murder in the cathedral -- Hospitality as the gift greater than tolerance in G.K. Chesterton's The ball and the cross -- Doubt about the goodness of God in C.S. Lewis's Till we have faces -- Christian living toward the end of time in Walter Miller's A canticle for Leibowitz.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-109).
Keywords: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Christianity and literature -- History -- 20th century; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Theology in literature; Fiction -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christian ethics in literature; American literature; Christian ethics in literature; Christianity and literature; English literature; Fiction -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Theology in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; 1900 - 1999; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History