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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... existence could be assumed , but now it is necessary to prove it . And , in order to do this convincingly , one must start from the apparently empirical facts of existence , not from any biblical or quasi - biblical narrative involving ...
... existence could be assumed , but now it is necessary to prove it . And , in order to do this convincingly , one must start from the apparently empirical facts of existence , not from any biblical or quasi - biblical narrative involving ...
Page 266
... existence ( p.52 ) – a proof he says he has already mentioned , when in fact he got no further than an undisclosed sixth ( p . 17 ) . Bulgakov does not desupernaturalise the Gospels : he tells us that the reality behind them may be far ...
... existence ( p.52 ) – a proof he says he has already mentioned , when in fact he got no further than an undisclosed sixth ( p . 17 ) . Bulgakov does not desupernaturalise the Gospels : he tells us that the reality behind them may be far ...
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... existence of the supernatural in nature , 186-7 ; view of God's relation to nature , 190 , 191-2 ; idea of moral ( d ) evolution , 192–3 ; utopianism , 193 ; views on urban children , 197 ; as ' benign determinist ' , 202 , 331n.27 ...
... existence of the supernatural in nature , 186-7 ; view of God's relation to nature , 190 , 191-2 ; idea of moral ( d ) evolution , 192–3 ; utopianism , 193 ; views on urban children , 197 ; as ' benign determinist ' , 202 , 331n.27 ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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