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UNINA9910461834103321 |
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Colebrook Claire |
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Titolo |
Milton, Evil and Literary History [[electronic resource]] |
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London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2008 |
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1-283-20228-X |
9786613202284 |
1-4411-0362-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Collana |
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Continuum Literary Studies |
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Good and evil in literature |
Good and evil -- Philosophy |
Life in literature |
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature |
Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History |
Symbolism in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Life, Economy, Evil; 1 Milton's History of Reason and Church Government; 2 Capital Time, Production and Generation; 3 Allegory, Analogy and the Form of the World; 4 Gender and Contrariety; 5 History, Becoming and Reason; Conclusion: Excremental Whiteness; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Milton, Evil and Literary History addresses the ways in which we read literary history according to quite specific images of growth, development, progression, flourishing and succession. Goodness has always been aligned with a life of expansion, creation, production and fruition, while evil is associated with the inert, non-relational, static and stagnant. These associations have also underpinned a distinction between good and evil notions of capitalism, where good exchange enables agents to enhance their living potential and is contrasted with the evils of a capitalist system that circulate |
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UNINA9910960224003321 |
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Autore |
Bauckham Richard |
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Living with other creatures : green exegesis and theology / / Richard Bauckham |
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Waco, : Baylor University Press, 2011 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Human ecology - Biblical teaching |
Human ecology - Religious aspects - Christianity |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The human place in creation: a biblical overview -- Dominion interpreted: a historical account -- Reading the synoptic gospels ecologically -- Jesus and animals -- Jesus and the wild animals in the wilderness (Mark 1:13) -- Reading the Sermon on the mount in an age of ecological catastrophe -- Joining creation's praise of God -- Creation's praise of God in the book of Revelation -- Creation mysticism in Matthew Fox and Francis of Assisi -- Biodiversity: a biblical-theological perspective. |
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The Bible and Christian tradition have, at best, offered an ambiguous word in response to Earth's environmental difficulties. At worst, a complex, often one-sided history of interpretation has left the Bible's voice silent. Aiming to bridge these gaps, Richard Bauckham mines scripture and theology, discovering a firm command for Christians to care for all of God's creation and then discusses the generations of theologians who have sought to live out this biblical mandate. Going beyond Old Testament human dominion, Living with Other Creatures consults scripture in its entirety and i |
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