Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Theologie des Lesens: das ist eine Folge von ineinandergreifenden Asymmetrien, in der soweit möglich die Behauptung erprobt wird, Lesen führe unausbleiblich zur Theologie. In diesem Buch durchläuft Günter Bader den Weg von der Gewinnung des Themas bis zur Etablierung aktueller Lesekunst. In einer ersten Sequenz aus Buchstabe, Schrift und Text und einer zweiten aus Literatur, Buch und Heiliger Schrift schreitet er vom Elementaren zum immer Komplexeren. Streng konzentriert auf Phänomene des Schriftlichen schließt er die Reihe des Mündlichen - Laut, Sprache, Rede, Liturgie, Leben, Gesang - solange aus, bis sie sich im Psalter mit Macht ins Lesen drängt. Währenddessen reflektiert er in seinen beiden Zwischenüberlegungen "Lesen und Lesen" und "Lesen und Nicht-Lesen" die Erfahrung, die sich über dem Gang des Lesens einstellt. --

Reading --- Christianity and literature --- Books and reading --- Religious aspects --- Christianity

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Much has been written about Spenser's theological allegory and its sources but, until now, no one has suggested sustained patristic influence. Harold Weatherby argues that taking patristic theology as a measure for certain episodes in The Faerie Queene affords more convincing evidence than the familiar (usually Protestant) references. He shows that sixteenth-century editions of the works of the principal Fathers were available to Spenser, and that, in addition, there appeared to be considerable interest in the Fathers at Spenser's college, Pembroke. With the additional evidence of the poem itself, Weatherby introduces the theory that patristic theology affected the poet's understanding of Christianity. To demonstrate, the author examines seven allegorical episodes in The Faerie Queene, each of which has had extensive previous interpretive attention, quite different from the approach taken here. He looks closely at the dragon fight and the figure of St George; the subsequent nuptial celebration with Una and Red Crosse; the role of Belphoebe as an emblem of temperance (as the Fathers conceive temperance); Guyon's descent into Mammon's cave; Guyon's encounter with Mordant, Amavia, and Ruddymane, and his futile effort to cleanse the child's hands; Arthur's defeat of Maleger; and the presentation of Dame Nature. In each of these episodes, patristic thought is seen to have significantly shaped the allegory. The epilogue suggests how patristic thought influenced Spenser's presentation of eros in Books III and IV, introducing a new hypothesis about these books and about Spenser's conception of chastity.

Christian poetry, English --- Christianity and literature --- History and criticism. --- History --- Spenser, Edmund, --- Technique. --- Faerie queene (Spenser, Edmund) --- England.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Martha Malamud here examines conflicting cultural, religious, and literary codes in the work of Prudentius (348-post 405), perhaps the most influential poet of late antiquity. Breaking new ground, Malamud illuminates Prudentius' use of paradigms from classical mythology and suggests that his poetry constitutes both an analysis and a critique of the Christianity of his day.

Christian poetry, Latin --- Mythology, Classical, in literature --- Christianity and literature --- History and criticism --- Prudentius, --- Criticism and interpretation.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Religious poetry, English --- Christian poetry, English --- Liturgy and literature --- Christianity and literature --- Literature and society --- Literature and society --- History and criticism --- History and criticism --- History --- History

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"We live in an era of unprecedented growth in knowledge. Never before has there been so great an availability of and access to information in both print and online. Yet as opportunities to educate ourselves have greatly increased, our time for reading has significantly diminished. And when we do read, we rarely have the patience to read in the slow, sustained fashion that great books require if we are to be truly transformed by them. In Reading the Hindu and Christian Classics, renowned Harvard Divinity School professor Francis Clooney argues that our increasing inability to read in a concerted manner is particularly notable in the realm of religion, where the proliferation of information detracts from the learning of practices that require slow and patient reading. Although awareness of the world’s many religions is at an all-time high, deep knowledge of the various traditions has suffered. Clooney challenges this trend by considering six classic Hindu and Christian texts dealing with ritual and law, catechesis and doctrine, and devotion and religious participation, showing how, in distinctive ways, such texts instruct, teach truth, and draw willing readers to participate in the realities they are learning. Through readings of these seminal scriptural and theological texts, he reveals the rewards of a more spiritually transformative mode of reading—and how individuals and communities can achieve it."--

Catholic literature --- Christian literature --- Hindu literature --- Transformative learning. --- Perspective transformation --- Transformations (Adult learning) --- Transformative education --- Learning --- Critical pedagogy --- Religious literature --- Christian writings --- Christianity and literature --- Literature --- Study and teaching. --- Deep learning --- Hindu literature - Study and teaching. --- Christian literature - Study and teaching. --- Catholic literature - Study and teaching. --- Transformative learning --- 294.516.1 --- #GBIB: jesuitica --- 294.516.1 Hindoeïsme: christendom --- Hindoeïsme: christendom --- Study and teaching