Betjeman : Writing the Public Life (The Making of the Christian Imagination)

Gardner, Kevin J.

Baylor University Press（2010/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 254 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781602582545
• DDC分類 823.912

Full Description

A household name in Great Britain, John Betjeman was a public literary figure who openly declared his Christian faith and championed the social and aesthetic joys of Anglicanism as unique to English identity. Through poetry in newspapers and on radio and television broadcasts, Betjeman celebrated the cultural significance of the Church of England well beyond its religious role. Although a steadfast proponent for Christianity and the Church, Gardner explains, Betjeman nevertheless struggled mightily to believe the faith, and he was forthcoming with his own spiritual failures. In this master study of his writings, Gardner deems Betjeman to be the poet of the Church of England--and demonstrates his works to be a vital part of Anglicanism's living traditions.

Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Eternity Contained in Time
The Paradoxes of Betjeman's Anglicanism
2. Doubt Inserts the Knife
The Absence of God and the Anxiety of Eternity
3. In the Vapory Incense Veil
Nature, Eros, and Spiritual Mystery
4. Dear Old, Bloody Old England
Sacramental Politics and Anglican Pastoralism
5. The Chain-Smoking Millions and Me
Anglican Culture and the Community of Faith

Notes
Bibliography