God and the creative imagination (Metaphor, symbol and myth in religion and theology)
Editorial ROUTLEDGE
España peninsular
- Editorial ROUTLEDGE
- ISBN13 9780415215039
- ISBN10 041521503X
- Tipo Libro
- Encuadernación Rústica
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Teologia/espiritualidadGod and the creative imagination (Metaphor, symbol and myth in religion and theology)
Editorial ROUTLEDGE
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
A mere metaphor, only symbolic, just a myth--these tell tale phrases reveal how figurative language has been cheapened and devalued in our modern and postmodern culture. In God and the Creative Imagination, Paul Avis argues the contrary: metaphor, symbol and myth
are the key to a real knowledge of God and the sacred. Avis examines what he calls an alternative tradition, stemming from the Romantic poets William Blake and John Keats, drawing on the thought of John Henry Newman, and experience in both modern philosophy and science. He intriguingly
draws on a number of non-theological disciplines, from literature to philosophy, to show us that God is appropriately likened to an artist or poet and that the greatest truths are expressed in an imaginative form.