Living forms of the imagination / Douglas Hedley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hedley, Douglas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imagination--Religious aspects.

Imagination.

Imagination (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 308 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Religious belief characteristically requires imaginative engagement. If this is not to be confused with fantasy or wish fulfilment, we need some account of how the imagination can used through images of salvation: symbols and sacred narratives. Metaphysical reductionism inspired by success of the physical sciences, especially by the employment of recent molecular biology, creates an unprecedented challenge for reflective religious belief: ontology is confined to scientific description. Christian theology in particular has a long tradition of 'faith seeking understanding'.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Religion, Romanticism and Imagining Modernity; 2. The Creative Imagination; 3. The Experience of God: Poetry, Enchantment and the Mood of Ecstatic Imagination; 4. Religion: Fantasy or Legitimate Longing?; 5. The Problem of Metaphysics; 6. Myths, Dreams and Other Stories; 7. Inspired Images, Angels and the Imaginal World; 8. Social Imaginary; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index of Subjects; Index of Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613200563

9781283200561

1283200562

9780567551276

056755127X

OCLC:

741687205