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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... supernatural meaning it might not otherwise have shown . In short , Kingsley has imposed some of the supernatural significance on his story after the fact ; and all his additions are for this purpose . Here we see evidence that Kingsley ...
... supernatural meaning it might not otherwise have shown . In short , Kingsley has imposed some of the supernatural significance on his story after the fact ; and all his additions are for this purpose . Here we see evidence that Kingsley ...
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... supernatural ? And it is worth emphasising that , though Williams aligns himself with Kierkegaard , his theology has little of the harshness and pain of the Dane's , little of the stress that he lays on the absurdity of the world and ...
... supernatural ? And it is worth emphasising that , though Williams aligns himself with Kierkegaard , his theology has little of the harshness and pain of the Dane's , little of the stress that he lays on the absurdity of the world and ...
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... supernatural , rather than interest in the supernatural or that which lies beyond the world for themselves . In a sense we could say that Williams ' novels grow progressively less ' other ' , or ' fantastic ' , in the transcendental ...
... supernatural , rather than interest in the supernatural or that which lies beyond the world for themselves . In a sense we could say that Williams ' novels grow progressively less ' other ' , or ' fantastic ' , in the transcendental ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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