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Autore |
Jenkins Thomas E. <1962-> |
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Titolo |
The character of God : recovering the lost literary power of American Protestantism / / Thomas E. Jenkins |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-773852-4 |
1-280-45360-5 |
0-19-535469-9 |
0-585-25410-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (283 pages) |
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Collana |
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Religion in America series |
Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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230.0440973 |
230/.044/09034 |
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Soggetti |
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God - Attributes - History of doctrines - 19th century |
Christianity and literature - United States - History - 19th century |
Protestant churches - United States - Doctrines - History - 19th century |
God - Attributes - History of doctrines - 20th century |
Christianity and literature - United States - History - 20th century |
Protestant churches - United States - Doctrines - History - 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1997. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-261) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1 Introduction: Character Styles; 2 The Problem of God's Anger; 3 Serenity and Torment; 4 Sympathy and Alienation; 5 Vitality and Anger; 6 Love in the Trinity; 7 Desire and Disgust; 8 Modernism and Literature; 9 The Social Gospel and Its Critics; 10 The Limitations of Political Theology; 11 Prospects; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Jenkins maintains that theology became boring because the depiction of God as a character became boring, fashioned according to theologians' notions of character, derived from contemporary literature. He considers why this was problematic. |
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