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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... human beings address God by means of language through prayer, God addresses human beings by means of language in the pages of Scripture. Prayer and Bible reading are central to a personal rela- tionship with God. Christians have to be ...
... human beings—made as we are for higher purposes— can scarcely live this way. The untrammeled emotionalism, the isolation, and the fragmentation of mind encouraged by the new information environment lead to mental illness, suicide, and ...
... human experiences. That reading is also beneficial, that it can instruct us in various ways, is a pleasant side effect. Bad books can give us superficial gratification; good books can give us far deeper pleasure. In fact, I am often ...
... human beings, we have the capacity to picture things in our minds. We can conjure up memories from the past (a particular Christmas morn- ing when we were very young) or plans for the future (what next sum- mer's vacation will be like) ...
... human impulses of compassion and love, turning their hearts to stone (see Zechariah 7:9-12). The word pornography, by the way, is derived from two Greek words which together literally mean “prostitute-writing.”10 Pornography is a type ...
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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 |