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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It is different when the human mind is released from its connexion with the body , for then it no longer thinks naturally but spiritually ; and when it thinks spiritually its thoughts are incomprehensible and undescribable to the ...
It is different when the human mind is released from its connexion with the body , for then it no longer thinks naturally but spiritually ; and when it thinks spiritually its thoughts are incomprehensible and undescribable to the ...
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... view of the authority of the soul over the body , or ' good ' reason over ' evil ' physicality , by offering as contraries that the soul and the body are not divisible , and that ' Energy is the only life , and is from the Body ' .
... view of the authority of the soul over the body , or ' good ' reason over ' evil ' physicality , by offering as contraries that the soul and the body are not divisible , and that ' Energy is the only life , and is from the Body ' .
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An ordinary meal at table , in this context , can turn into a Communion ; giving one's seat up in the bus can partake in the vicariousness of Christ ; studying one's toe in the bath can lead to a sense of Christ's body - ' How sweet of ...
An ordinary meal at table , in this context , can turn into a Communion ; giving one's seat up in the bus can partake in the vicariousness of Christ ; studying one's toe in the bath can lead to a sense of Christ's body - ' How sweet of ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The French Queste del Saint Graal 122 | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the Present |
| Author | Colin Nicholas Manlove |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0333558901, 9780333558904 |
| Length | 356 pages |
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