Culture and Religion
Books on the intersection between religion and culture, including literature, art, design, film and television.
Make-Believe:
God in 21st Century Novels
By David Dickinson
A fascinating exploration of the themes of God and belief in the modern novel, and how fiction can help shape the way we talk about the divine.
ISBN: 9780718848019
ISBN: 9780718847999
Mere Education:
C.S. Lewis as Teacher for our Time
By Mark A. Pike
An exploration of C.S. Lewis's thinking and writing on education, and how his insights offer a challenge to modern educational theory and practice.
ISBN: 9780718893255
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ISBN: 9780718841867
Myth and Gospel in the Fiction of John Updike
By John McTavish
An exploration of the work of the American novelist John Updike, revealing the powerful mythic and sacred themes that underlie his fictional world.
ISBN: 9780718895372
ISBN: 9780718847647
The Operation of Grace:
Further Essays on Art, Faith, and Mystery
By Gregory Wolfe
An incisive collection of essays by Gregory Wolfe, literary critic and editor of the journal Image, exploring art and faith, aesthetics and spirituality.
ISBN: 9780718894399
ISBN: 9780718844721
The Plain Style:
Protestant Theology in the History of Design
By David Brett
A short study of the effects upon design, principally architecture, of the Reformation and the associated rejection of imagery in worship.
ISBN: 9780718830328
The Quest for the Fictional Jesus:
Gospel Rewrites, Gospel (Re)Interpretation, and Christological Portraits within Jesus Novels
By Margaret E. Ramey
An exploration of fictional portrayals of Jesus and how their study can offer new approaches to the interpretation of the canonical Gospels.
ISBN: 9780718894887
ISBN: 9780718845803
Religion and Science Fiction
By James F. McGrath (editor)
Multidisciplinary essays on the parallels between religious doctrines and narratives and science fiction, revealing their thematic links and commonalities.
ISBN: 9780718892555
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ReVisioning:
Critical Methods of Seeing Christianity in the History of Art
By James Romaine and Linda Stratford (editors)
Essays exploring how the methods of art history have been used to address the Christian content of artistic works, from iconography to postwar modernism.
ISBN: 9780718893361
ISBN: 9780718842215
Sense and Spirituality:
The Arts and Spiritual Formation
By James McCullough
An exploration of the arts as a catalyst to spiritual growth, and a theology of aesthetics built on the dynamic between artistic appreciation and spirituality.
ISBN: 9780718894177
ISBN: 9780718844431
Storied Revelations:
Parables, Imagination and George MacDonald's Christian Fiction
By Gisela H. Kreglinger
A study of how the Victorian poet and theologian George MacDonald reimagined the spiritually transforming language of the parable for a 19th-century audience.
ISBN: 9780718893293
