The Novel As Church : Preaching to Readers in Contemporary Fiction
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
The Making of the Christian Imagination
ISBN-10
1602586829
ISBN-13
9781602586826
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Imprint
Baylor University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 14th, 2013
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
544 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 16.30 x 2.30 cms
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Reading the likes of Updike, Dickens, and Faulkner with a preacher's eye, David Dickinson offers an instructive examination of the role of the sermon as a literary element and, most strikingly, of literature as a modern sermon.
Reading the likes of Updike, Dickens, and Faulkner with a preacher's eye, David Dickinson offers an instructive examination of the role of the sermon as a literary element and, most strikingly, of literature as a modern sermon. Popular perceptions of religion, religious authority, and the practice of preaching have changed significantly during the past century, so much so, Dickinson argues, that fiction writers have a surprising and unique ability to preach to readers through their own fictionalized sermons and the characters who deliver them. The Novel as Church analyzes the context and intent behind these messages, uncovers the dissonance between ""novel"" and traditional preaching, and illuminates how readers' attitudes toward preaching (and those who preach) may be influenced--or not--by the sermon writers themselves.
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