Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to LiteratureCrossway, 31.01.2013 - 256 Seiten Here is a guidebook for those who want to learn how to recognize books that are spiritually and aesthetically good—to cultivate good literary taste. Gene Edward Veith presents basic information to help book lovers understand what they read—from the classics to the bestsellers. He explains how the major genres of literature communicate. He explores ways comedy, tragedy, realism, and fantasy can portray the Christian worldview. These discussions lead to a host of related topics—the value of fairy tales for children, the tragic and the comic sense of life, the interplay between Greek and Biblical concepts in the imagination, and the new "post-modernism" (a subject of vital importance to Christians). In the pages of this book, readers will meet writers, past and present who carry on a great literary tradition. By supporting worthy authors, Christians can exert a powerful influence on their culture. |
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... actually being in a Civil War battle would be terrifying. Reading the novel Moby Dick may evoke the mystery of the sea, but actually living on a whaling boat might seem boring and brutal. Reading a medieval love poem may con- jure up ...
... actually carry out the sorts of depravity they love to read about (although some do). Reading the pornographic descriptions and the lovingly described acts of brutality gratifies their secret desires, giving them perverted pleasures in ...
... actually mutilating someone. Christ's words certainly do not fill their readers with anger, hatred, or evil thoughts toward any- one else. The Bible is never delicate when it comes to specifying sexual sin or sanctioning marital love ...
... of what myth and fiction actually involve. Misunderstanding literary form can result in misunder- standing Scripture. In reading outside of the Bible, a knowledge of the dynamics of literary forms such as fiction and poetry can.
... actually shape the way people think. An American could hardly be opposed to “voting rights,” or “equal rights,” or “human rights.” When considering an issue such as abortion, the question of whether the fetus is a human being or not may ...
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Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature Gene Edward Veith Jr Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2013 |
Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature Gene Edward Veith Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1990 |