Literature and theology /

Wood, Ralph C.

Literature and theology / Ralph C. Wood. - Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2008. - ix, 110 p. ; 22 cm. - Horizons in theology . - Horizons in theology. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-109).

The scandalous baptism of Harry Ashfield in Flannery O'Connor's "The River" -- The quest for Christian vocation in Walker Percy's The moviegoer -- The call to companionship in J.R.R. Tolkien's The lord of the rings -- The witness made by martyrdom in T.S. Eliot's Murder in the cathedral -- Hospitality as the gift greater than tolerance in G.K. Chesterton's The ball and the cross -- Doubt about the goodness of God in C.S. Lewis's Till we have faces -- Christian living toward the end of time in Walter Miller's A canticle for Leibowitz.

9780687497409 (binding: adhesive layflat : acidfree paper) 068749740X (binding: adhesive layflat : acidfree paper)

2008009353


American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Christianity and literature--History--20th century.
English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Theology in literature.
Fiction--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian ethics in literature.

PS 228 .C5 / W66 2008

823/.9109382