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Baptized Imagination - The Theology of George MacDonald (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Baptized Imagination - The Theology of George MacDonald (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts
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The imagination has been called, 'the principal organ for knowing
and responding to disclosures of transcendent truth'. This book
probes the theological sources of the imagination, which make it a
vital tool for knowing and responding to such disclosures. Kerry
Dearborn approaches areas of theology and imagination through a
focus on the nineteenth century theologian and writer George
MacDonald. MacDonald can be seen as an icon whose life and work
open a window to the intersection of word, flesh and image. He
communicated the gospel through narrative and image-rich forms
which honour truth and address the intellectual, imaginative,
spiritual, and emotional needs of his readers. MacDonald was also
able to speak prophetically in a number of areas of contemporary
concern, such as the nature of suffering, aging and death,
environmental degradation, moral imagination and gender issues.
Dearborn explores influences which shaped him, along with the
wisdom he has offeredin the formation of significant Christian
writers in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Authors
such as C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, J.R.R.
Tolkien, W.H. Auden, Frederick Buechner and others attribute to
MacDonald key paradigm shifts and insights in their own lives. A
study of MacDonald does not offer a formulaic approach to theology
and the imagination, but the possibility of gleaning from his rich
harvest relevant nourishment for our own day. It also provides a
context in which to assess potential weaknesses in imaginative
approaches to theology.
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