Between the image and the word : theological engagements with imagination, language and literature / Trevor Hart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hart, Trevor A.

Series:

Ashgate studies in theology, imagination, and the arts.

Ashgate studies in theology, imagination, and the arts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incarnation.

Imagination--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Imagination.

Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Language and languages.

Theology in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington : Ashgate, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 toing and froing between materiality and immateriality.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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-56913-2

1-317-17493-3

1-317-17494-1

1-4724-1371-7

9781315569130

OCLC:

950471577