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Christian theology and tragedy : theologians, tragic literature, and tragic theory / edited by Kevin Taylor and Giles Waller.

Contributor(s): Taylor, T. Kevin | Waller, Giles
Material type: TextTextSeries: Ashgate studies in theology, imagination, and the arts: Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011Description: x, 259 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780754669401 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0754669408 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Tragic, The -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Tragedy -- History and criticism | TheologyDDC classification: 261.5/8 LOC classification: BR115.T73 | C47 2011Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-253) and index.
Contents:
Four biblical characters : in search of a tragedy / Ben Quash -- Tragic sacrifice and faith : Abraham and Agamemnon again / Jennifer Wallace -- Primo Levi and the tragedy of Dante's Ulysses / Vittorio Montemaggi -- 'Thee thither in a whirlwind' : tragedy and theology in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens / Robin Kirkpatrick -- Freedom, fate and sin in Donald MacKinnon's use of tragedy / Giles Waller -- Simone Weil : force, tragedy, and grace in Homer's Iliad / Adrian Poole -- Hans Urs von Balthasar and Christ the tragic hero / Kevin Taylor -- The tragedy is in the pity : C.S. Lewis and the song of the goat / Michael Ward -- Participating in the tragedy : emplotting the Dionysian in Christian thought / Craig Hovey -- Tragedy, contingency and atonement : Waiting for Godot and Jesus of Montreal / Larry D. Bouchard -- Sacrifice and the tragic imagination / Douglas Hedley -- Tragedy without evasion : attending [to] performances / David S. Cunningham -- Conclusion: Tragedy, theology and the discernment of cries / David F. Ford.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BR115 .T73 C47 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903288096

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-253) and index.

Four biblical characters : in search of a tragedy / Ben Quash -- Tragic sacrifice and faith : Abraham and Agamemnon again / Jennifer Wallace -- Primo Levi and the tragedy of Dante's Ulysses / Vittorio Montemaggi -- 'Thee thither in a whirlwind' : tragedy and theology in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens / Robin Kirkpatrick -- Freedom, fate and sin in Donald MacKinnon's use of tragedy / Giles Waller -- Simone Weil : force, tragedy, and grace in Homer's Iliad / Adrian Poole -- Hans Urs von Balthasar and Christ the tragic hero / Kevin Taylor -- The tragedy is in the pity : C.S. Lewis and the song of the goat / Michael Ward -- Participating in the tragedy : emplotting the Dionysian in Christian thought / Craig Hovey -- Tragedy, contingency and atonement : Waiting for Godot and Jesus of Montreal / Larry D. Bouchard -- Sacrifice and the tragic imagination / Douglas Hedley -- Tragedy without evasion : attending [to] performances / David S. Cunningham -- Conclusion: Tragedy, theology and the discernment of cries / David F. Ford.

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