The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World
The Gift of Story brings contemporary literature and film into conversation with the grand Christian narrative. This book examines the specific connections between contemporary cultural meta-narratives (the stories humans typically tell about themselves) and the ideas of hope found in Christianity....
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Waco
Baylor University Press
2006
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| En: | Año: 2006 |
| Críticas: | The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World. Edited by Emily Griesinger and Mark Eaton (2006) (Newlands, George M., 1941 -)
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: The Gift of Story : Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World: |
| Sumario: | The Gift of Story brings contemporary literature and film into conversation with the grand Christian narrative. This book examines the specific connections between contemporary cultural meta-narratives (the stories humans typically tell about themselves) and the ideas of hope found in Christianity. Despite postmodernism's skepticism about narrative, the dialogue with contemporary fiction, drama, music and film demonstrates that the Christian story can engender and sustain hope |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1932792473 |