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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... portrayed in a recent collection of essays edited by James P. Mackey , Religious Imagination ( Edinburgh University Press , 1987 ) . We shall be showing how the changing theories of the role of the imagination portrayed in this book are ...
... portrayed in a recent collection of essays edited by James P. Mackey , Religious Imagination ( Edinburgh University Press , 1987 ) . We shall be showing how the changing theories of the role of the imagination portrayed in this book are ...
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... portraying it through their own invented worlds , each of these writers implicitly begs the question of the status of his own fantasy : if it can portray divine creativity , then does it not take part in it itself - may each fantasy not ...
... portraying it through their own invented worlds , each of these writers implicitly begs the question of the status of his own fantasy : if it can portray divine creativity , then does it not take part in it itself - may each fantasy not ...
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... portrayed through an imagery which is no more adequate than any other to express them – even while it does demonstrate Williams ' general belief in the permeability of the world to Christ . In this sense Williams ' Christian vision has ...
... portrayed through an imagery which is no more adequate than any other to express them – even while it does demonstrate Williams ' general belief in the permeability of the world to Christ . In this sense Williams ' Christian vision has ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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