| Description |
x, 161 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Religion, culture and society |
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Religion, culture, and society.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: the novel and the spiritual journey today / Paul S. Fiddes -- 2. The spirit and writing in a secular world / Donna Tartt -- 3. The blizzard of circumstance: writing and moral discovery / Jill Paton Walsh -- 4. The dark night of the novel in an age of weak faith / David McLaurin -- 5. Religious experience and the novel: a problem of genre and culture / Sara Maitland -- 6. 'Telling the old, old story': God and the novelist as creators / Catherine Fox -- 7. A Question of Integrity: stories and the meaning of wholeness / Susan Howatch -- 8. 'Christian fiction' in American society: a defence of a despised genre / T. Davis Bunn -- 9. The novel and the safe journey of healing / William Horwood |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Fiction -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Spirituality in literature.
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Authorship -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Spirituality.
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| Author |
Fiddes, Paul S.
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| LC no. |
00456822 |
| ISBN |
0708315984 |
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0708315992 paperback |
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