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Christianity and Western Literature: A Story of Sin and Salvation

Christianity and Western Literature: A Story of Sin and Salvation

Ambrose, Mong Ih-Ren

Paperback

PhilosophyLiterary CriticismGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0227179412
ISBN13: 9780227179413
Publisher: James Clarke Company
Published: Sep 28 2023
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
An overarching study of the reciprocal relationship between Christianity and literature in the West from Augustine to Graham Greene.

Some of the greatest works of Western literature have been inspired or influenced by powerful Christian themes. In this fresh evaluation of this relationship and its development over the last two millennia, Ambrose Mong studies a series of authors representative of the changing epochs. Augustine, Dante and Milton all wrote to serve the needs of the Christian community, and combine their religious themes with scholarly excellence. Meanwhile Shakespeare's plays and Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, though not specific to the Christian faith, nevertheless betray the dominant Christian values and imagery of their time. Finally, in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov and Greene's The Power and the Glory, Christianity is put under scrutiny, reflecting the increasing insecurity of its place in society.

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