Between the Image and the Word : Theological Engagements with Imagination, Language and Literature (Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts)

Hart, Trevor

Routledge（2013/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 264 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781472413703
• DDC分類 230

Full Description

The central contention of Christian faith is that in the incarnation the eternal Word or Logos of God himself has taken flesh, so becoming for us the image of the invisible God. Our humanity itself is lived out in a constant to-ing and fro-ing between materiality and immateriality. Imagination, language and literature each have a vital part to play in brokering this hypostatic union of matter and meaning within the human creature. Approaching different aspects of two distinct movements between the image and the word, in the incarnation and in the dynamics of human existence itself, Trevor Hart presents a clearer understanding of each and explores the juxtapositions with the other. Hart concludes that within the Trinitarian economy of creation and redemption these two occasions of 'flesh-taking' are inseparable and indivisible.

Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Between the Image and the Word; Chapter 2 The Promise and the Sign; Chapter 3 The Economy of the Flesh; Chapter 4 The Grammar of Conversation; Chapter 5 Cosmos, Kenosis and Creativity; Chapter 6 Unauthorised Texts; Chapter 7 Unseemly Representations; Chapter 8 Unfinished Performances; Chapter 9 Unexpected Endings; Chapter 10 The Substance of Things Hoped For;