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100	1		_aJeffrey, David L., _d1941-
245	1	0	_aChristianity and literature _h[electronic resource] : _bphilosophical foundations and critical practice / _cDavid Lyle Jeffrey & Gregory Maillet.
260			_aDowners Grove, Ill. : _bIVP Academic, _cc2011.
300			_a1 online resource (335 p.)
490	1		_aChristian worldview integration series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aLiterature and truth -- Theological aesthetics and Christian literary criticism -- Our literary Bible -- Tradition, liturgy and the Medieval imagination -- Faith and fiction in Renaissance literature -- Literature and religion in an age of skepticism -- Agnosticism and the quest for authority -- Modernism, postmodernism and Christian literature -- Literary studies in Christian perspective.
520			_a"What has Jesus Christ to do with English literature?" ask David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory Maillet in this insightful survey. First and foremost, they reply, many of the world's best authors of literature in English were formed-for better or worse-by the Christian tradition. Then too, many of the most recognized aesthetic literary forms derive from biblical exemplars. And finally, many great works of literature demand of readers evaluative judgments of the good, the true and the beautiful that can only rightly be understood within a Christian worldview. What Jeffrey and Maillet offer is a feast of theoretical and practical discernment. After an examination of literature and truth, theological aesthetics, and the literary character of the Bible, they turn to a brief survey of literature from medieval times to the present, highlighting distinctively Christian themes and judgments. In a concluding chapter they suggest a path for budding literary critics through the current state of literary studies. Here is a must-read for all who are interested in a Christian perspective on literary studies.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aChristianity and literature.
650		0	_aChristianity in literature.
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655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aMaillet, Gregory, _d1965-
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aJeffrey, David L., 1941- _tChristianity and literature. _dDowners Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2011 _z9780830828173 _w(DLC) 2010040594 _w(OCoLC)666492755
830		0	_aChristian worldview integration series.
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