1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990002064130203316

Autore

BARTHOLOMEW, David J.

Titolo

Let's look at the figure : the quantitative approach to human affairs / [by] D. J. Bartholomew and E. E. Bassett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harmondsworth : Penguin books, 1971

Descrizione fisica

320 p. ; 18 cm

Collana

Pelican books

Altri autori (Persone)

BASSETT, Edward Eryl

Disciplina

519.5

Collocazione

519.5 BAR 1 (IEP VIII 62)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960863903321

Autore

Wood Ralph C

Titolo

Chesterton : the nightmare goodness of God / / Ralph C. Wood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2011

ISBN

9781602584426

1602584427

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

MCI : the making of the Christian imagination

Disciplina

828/.91209

Soggetti

Theology in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Man as holy monster: Christian humanism, evolution, and orthodoxy -- Patriotism and the true patria : distributism, hymns, and Christendom in Dublin -- Militarism and the church militant : Lepanto, defense of



World War I, and the truce of Christmas -- Waning of the west and the threat of Islam : the new Jerusalem and the Flying Inn -- Tyrannical tolerance and ferocious hospitality : the ball and the cross -- Bane and blessing of civilization : torture, democracy, and the ballad of the white horse -- Nightmare mystery of divine action : the man who was Thursday.

Sommario/riassunto

The literary giant G. K. Chesterton is often praised as the""Great Optimist""-God's rotund jester. In this fresh and daring endeavor, Ralph Wood turns a critical eye on Chesterton's corpus to reveal the beef-and-ale believer's darker vision of the world and those who live in it. During an age when the words grace, love, and gospel, sound more hackneyed than genuine, Wood argues for a recovery of Chesterton's primary contentions: First, that the incarnation of Jesus was necessary reveals a world full not of a righteous creation but of tragedy, terror, and nightmare