Books : The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (Writers' Palette Book)
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by: Leland Ryken
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 261.58
EAN: 9780877881230
ISBN: 0877881235
Label: Shaw Books
Manufacturer: Shaw Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: February 19, 2002
Publisher: Shaw Books
Release Date: February 19, 2002
Sales Rank: 200543
Studio: Shaw Books
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The Christian Imagination brings together in a single source the best that has been written about the relationship between literature and the Christian faith. This anthology covers all of the major topics that fall within this subject and includes essays and excerpts from fifty authors, including C.S. Lewis, Flannery O’Connor, Dorothy Sayers, and Frederick Buechner.
Amazon.com Review:
The Christian Imagination is an exceptional exploration of Christian belief, imagination, reading, and writing. Leland Ryken has collected essays and excerpts, long and short--nearly 500 pages' worth--all devoted (some more directly than others) to 'thinking Christianly about literature.' Contributors including J.R.R. Tolkien, Madeleine L'Engle, Flannery O'Connor, and T.S. Eliot discuss such topics as a Christian philosophy of literature, success and failure in current Christian fiction and poetry, realism, fantasy, and narrative. Perhaps the most common thread among these pieces is the understanding that Christian art 'is by no means,' as Ryken puts it, 'always religious art.' If you want to make a Christian work, advises Jacques Maritain, 'then be Christian, and simply try to make a beautiful work.' Also of particular interest is Clyde S. Kilby's 'The Aesthetic Poverty of Evangelicalism.' Despite the fact that the Bible is 'a piece of art ... an imaginative book,' says Kilby, the people who spend the most time with it 'are in large numbers the foes of art and the sworn foes of imagination.' --Jane Steinberg
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Rating:  - Great Primer into Christian Authors and Writing
If you want to learn about the impact and legacy of Christian writers (good and bad, but mostly good), this is the place to start. Featuring writings from many of the famous authors themselves on writing, plus essays from other onlookers. A must read for all literature students and readers.
Rating: - A Starting Place for Renewal
Art is a hard subject for Christian evangelicals to deal with. It seems to be outside the boundaries of our primary mission, to proclaim the gospel in the world and display and expand the kingdom of God. However, this book helpfully shows the important contributions Christian art can make to that mission.
In a series of essays, various professors contribute thouhtfully to our understanding of the role of art's various forms from a Christian perspective. These thoughtful meditations ... Read More
Rating:  - a spectrum of insights
Ryken's rich and at times overwhelming collection of essays, musings, and pithy apologetic pieces on beauty, imagination, Christian thought, narrative, and poetry is richly diverse and thought provoking.
In this 100,000 word+ tome we get glimpses of what led C. S. Lewis to write the Narnia chronicles, what Annie Dillard thinks of literature as an art object, and Tolkein's view of the important of a happy ending--as well as dozens of other forays into thought on literature, reading, and ... Read More
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