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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... evil child (a cute little girl with malevolent eyes stares out from the cover, holding a doll in one hand and a bloody axe in the other); the “epic saga” of a rich and powerful family (five hundred pages of social climbing, back ...
... evil in the heart brings forth evil actions (Matthew 15:19, 20). If the action is hindered because of the con- straints of law or opportunity, the inner sinfulness remains. Jesus makes the same point about violence: Being angry with ...
... evil as well as good. Indeed, Scripture says as much, speaking of the time before the Flood: “The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil ...
... evil (as the Bible does), or does it depict sin “in order to encourage its practice” (as pornography does)? A story that contains an act of adultery is not necessarily immoral or obscene. If the perspective of the story implies that ...
... evil. Christians are right to condemn worldliness, porno- graphic degradation of women, and violence that hardens our hearts to human suffering. Christians must scrutinize themselves in their read- ing as well as in every other area of ...
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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 |