LEADER 02855nam 22005534a 450 001 9910830558003321 005 20230617040108.0 010 $a1-281-31113-8 010 $a9786611311131 010 $a0-470-77649-8 010 $a0-470-77722-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000400722 035 $a(EBL)351599 035 $a(OCoLC)476172900 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000240419 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174154 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240419 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10252200 035 $a(PQKB)10935188 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351599 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000400722 100 $a20030828d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe sacred desert$b[electronic resource] $ereligion, literature, art, and culture /$fDavid Jasper 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (234 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-1974-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-199) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: meeting points -- The Bible, Schoenberg, and Heidegger -- The desert fathers : wanderings and miracles -- Time and memory, wind and space : the desert and mysticism -- Mysticism and modernity : Thomas Merton meets Don Cupitt -- The literature of the desert, I : travellers and poets -- The literature of the desert, II : novelists -- Artists : Georgia O'Keeffe, Bill Viola, and American abstract expressionism -- Films of the desert : Pier Paolo Pasolini, Wim Wenders, and Claire Denis -- Desert theology and total presence : the poets William Blake and Yves Bonnefoy meet Hegel and Tom Altizer -- Conclusion: meeting point. 330 $aThe Sacred Desert is a reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film.:.; An original reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film.; Discusses figures as diverse as Jesus, the early Christian Desert Fathers, T.E. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, Georgia O'Keeffe, Wim Wenders and Jim Crace.; Makes connections across millennia of desert literature.; Deepens the reader's understanding of the desert as a real place, as an interior space, and as a textual site,.; Concludes with comments on the recent conflicts in Iraq.; Written in a r 606 $aSpiritual life$xChristianity 606 $aDeserts$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aSpiritual life$xChristianity. 615 0$aDeserts$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a230 676 $a248 700 $aJasper$b David$0608497 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830558003321 996 $aThe sacred desert$92156278 997 $aUNINA