Being Deified - Poetry and Fantasy on the Path to God (Hardcover)

Being Deified examines the importance of deification to Christian theology and the place of human creativity in deification. Deification is an explanatory force for the major categories of Christian theology: creation, fall, incarnation, theological anthropology, as well as the sacraments. Deification explains, in part, the why of creation and the what of humanity: God created in order to deify, humanity is treated to be deified; the what of the Fall: the desire for divinity outside of God's gifts; one of the purposes for the Incarnation: to deify; and what end the sacraments aid: deification. Essential to deification is human creativity for humans are created in the image of God, the Creator. In order to explore this dimension of deification, this essay focuses on works of poetry and fantasy, in many ways the pinnacle of human creativity since both genres cause the making strange of things familiar (language and creation itself) in part to make them better known, particularly as creations of the Creator.

General

Imprint:	Fortress Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Emerging Scholars
Release date:	December 2016
Authors:	David Russell Mosley
Dimensions:	235 x 190 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-5064-1082-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology
LSN:	1-5064-1082-0
Barcode:	9781506410821

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