02760nam 2200553Ia 450 991078158640332120230725053826.01-60258-442-7(CKB)2550000000064285(EBL)1037008(SSID)ssj0000565599(PQKBManifestationID)11404414(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565599(PQKBWorkID)10532901(PQKB)11227158(MiAaPQ)EBC1037008(OCoLC)769189745(MdBmJHUP)muse572(Au-PeEL)EBL1037008(CaPaEBR)ebr10511515(OCoLC)858761907(EXLCZ)99255000000006428520101220d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChesterton[electronic resource] the nightmare goodness of God /Ralph C. WoodWaco, Tex. Baylor University Pressc20111 online resource (360 p.)MCI : the making of the Christian imaginationDescription based upon print version of record.1-60258-161-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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. 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 nightmareMaking of the Christian imagination.Theology in literatureTheology in literature.828/.91209Wood Ralph C1564795MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781586403321Chesterton3834053UNINA