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200 10$aChesterton $ethe nightmare goodness of God /$fRalph C. Wood
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aWaco, Tex. $cBaylor University Press$dc2011
215   $a1 online resource (360 p.)
225 1 $aMCI : the making of the Christian imagination
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-60258-161-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
327   $aMan 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.
330   $a The literary giant G. K. Chesterton is often praised as the""Great Optimist""-God's rotund jester. In this fresh and daring endeavor, Ralph Wood turns a critical eye on Chesterton's corpus to reveal the beef-and-ale believer's darker vision of the world and those who live in it. During an age when the words grace, love, and gospel, sound more hackneyed than genuine, Wood argues for a recovery of Chesterton's primary contentions: First, that the incarnation of Jesus was necessary reveals a world full not of a righteous creation but of tragedy, terror, and nightmare
410  0$aMaking of the Christian imagination.
606   $aTheology in literature
615  0$aTheology in literature.
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