Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the PresentThis is the first account of invented stories involving the Christian supernatural. In their development a central concern is found to be the fantasy-making human imagination itself, at first seen as a obstacle to Christian purpose, but more recently given freer rein. |
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... Charles Darwin and T. H. Huxley ( with both of whom he was personally well acquainted ) and tried to show them how the acceptance of their ideas could be shown to heighten rather than diminish our sense of God's presence in nature . He ...
... Charles Darwin and T. H. Huxley ( with both of whom he was personally well acquainted ) and tried to show them how the acceptance of their ideas could be shown to heighten rather than diminish our sense of God's presence in nature . He ...
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... Charles S. Singleton , ' Dante's Allegory ' ( 1954 ) , in Clements , American Critical Essays , pp . 91-103 ... Charles Williams , The Figure of Beatrice : A Study in Dante ( London : Faber and Faber , 1943 ) . On Beatrice as Christ ...
... Charles S. Singleton , ' Dante's Allegory ' ( 1954 ) , in Clements , American Critical Essays , pp . 91-103 ... Charles Williams , The Figure of Beatrice : A Study in Dante ( London : Faber and Faber , 1943 ) . On Beatrice as Christ ...
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... Charles Williams , All Hallows ' Eve ( London : Faber and Faber , 1945 ) p . 197 . Charles Williams , The Place of the Lion ( London : Faber and Faber , 1965 ) p . 183 . Ibid . , pp . 183-90 . Charles Williams , Many Dimensions ( London ...
... Charles Williams , All Hallows ' Eve ( London : Faber and Faber , 1945 ) p . 197 . Charles Williams , The Place of the Lion ( London : Faber and Faber , 1965 ) p . 183 . Ibid . , pp . 183-90 . Charles Williams , Many Dimensions ( London ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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