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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... relation to it - in which a series of adventures occur which closely parallel , in terms of a witch overthrown by a lion , the story of Christ's passion and resurrection . There , Lewis does not say that this story stands only in ...
... relation to it - in which a series of adventures occur which closely parallel , in terms of a witch overthrown by a lion , the story of Christ's passion and resurrection . There , Lewis does not say that this story stands only in ...
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... relationship between God and man in the incarnation : ' brothers and sisters in Christ ' is to be the aim . By virtue of this larger relation the ' good ' do not need to act , though they must choose : if they choose to put themselves ...
... relationship between God and man in the incarnation : ' brothers and sisters in Christ ' is to be the aim . By virtue of this larger relation the ' good ' do not need to act , though they must choose : if they choose to put themselves ...
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... relation with a person . ' The analogy that ends this is really no more than analogy : Christian's relation with the path is to do with his relative security , not with any loving exchange between him and his medium . CHAPTER 10 ...
... relation with a person . ' The analogy that ends this is really no more than analogy : Christian's relation with the path is to do with his relative security , not with any loving exchange between him and his medium . CHAPTER 10 ...
Contents
The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
Copyright | |
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