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What is truth? : towards a theological poetics / Andrew Shanks.

What is truth? : towards a theological poetics / Andrew...

What is truth? : towards a theological poetics / Andrew Shanks.

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What is truth? : towards a theological poetics / Andrew Shanks.

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What is truth? : towards a theological poetics / Andrew Shanks.

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Publisher

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Date

2001.

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N230.01/179

Record Identifier

74VveDoXXWQy

MMS ID

991016956219702626

Language

English

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Physical content

p. cm.

Contents

Pt. I. First principles -- 1. Faith: poetry versus metaphysical opinion -- 2. Confessions of a traitorous clerc -- 3. The 'pathos of shakenness': its three defining marks -- 4. 'Mythic theology' -- Pt. II. Case studies -- 5. The heritage of Amos -- 6. A shaken sacramentalism: Holderlin and Blake --...

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Publisher

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2001.

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Summary

"'What is Truth?' forges an essentially new form of 'mythic theology', opening up a fresh approach to the deepest nature of poetic truth. In a culture where the status of institutional religion is a decline, there is a pressing need for new theological strategies. Not least, theology needs to seal a new pact of alliance with the very boldest forms...

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What is truth? : towards a theological poetics / Andrew Shanks.

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General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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N230.01/179

Record Identifier

74VveDoXXWQy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VveDoXXWQy

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ISBN

0415253268 (pbk.)

041525325X

9780415253260 (pbk.)

DDC

230.01

MMS ID

991016956219702626

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