Theology, fantasy, and the imagination. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Andrew D. Thrasher, Austin M. Freeman.
• Editors: Thrasher, Andrew D; Freeman, Austin M, 1989-
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Theology, Fantasy, and the Imagination Andrew D. Thrasher and Austin M. Freeman Part I: Invocations 2. The Old Magic Nicholas Adams Part II: Classical Christian Fantasy: Renewing Christian Imagination 3. Sins of the Imagination Austin M. Freeman 4. C.S. Lewis, Apologetics, and the Imagination: Breaking the Spell of Secularism Alison Milbank 5. Between Tolkien and the Philosophers: Greek and Scholastic Theories of <span style="font-style:italic;">Phantasia Giovanni Carmine Costabile Part III: Post-Christian Fantasy: Opening the Door Beyond 6. Why Theology Should Always Be Fantasy: Imagination, Fantasy, and Science-Fictional Messianism in the Writings of Rabbi Shagar Levi Morrow 7. Theology in Shadow: Sin and Redemption in Ursula K. Le Guin’s <span style="font-style:italic;">A Wizard of Earthsea Oliver D. Crisp 8. Cosmology as Agnostic Self-Actualization in Terry Pratchett’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Discworld U-Wen Low 9. Fantastic Inter-Religious Resourcement in Robert Jordan and David Eddings Andrew D. Thrasher 10. The Hero as God: An Exploration of Mormon Soteriology in the Fantasy Novels of Orson Scott Card and Brandon Sanderson Josh Herring Part IV: Fantasy at Play: Theologizing with Fantastic Games 11. Imaginative Hermeneutical Theology: Paul Ricoeur and Dungeons & Dragons Scott Donahue-Martens 12. <span style="font-style:italic;">Magic: The Gathering and Meaning: The Theological Outlook of the World’s Most Complex Game Jacob Torbeck
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Subjects: 261.58; Christianity and literature; Fantasy literature -- Christian authors -- History and criticism; Fantasy games -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Imagination -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Theology in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781978712195
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