{"product_id":"9781453562833","title":"The Gospels Are Now: Timeless Gospel Themes and Life, Literature, and the Arts","description":"Pope John XXIII, in using the word 'aggiornamento'  \u003cbr\u003ein reference to the Second Vatican Council, actually  \u003cbr\u003echallenged the present day Christian world to  \u003cbr\u003eapply Scripture and tradition to modern and  \u003cbr\u003econtemporary situations. It is in that spirit that the  \u003cbr\u003eauthor has written this book. As professor of literature for many years,  \u003cbr\u003especializing in the Great Books, Professor Fiore takes timeless Gospel  \u003cbr\u003ethemes and examines how these biblical motifs are often echoed in  \u003cbr\u003esome of our most beautiful and stimulating present day creations. Some  \u003cbr\u003eof the writers covered here are John Steinbeck, Flannery O'Connor,  \u003cbr\u003eTennessee Williams, Shirley Jackson, Franco Zeffi relli and others. Some  \u003cbr\u003eof the theater works are Waiting for Godot, Raisin in the Sun, Man  \u003cbr\u003eof La Mancha, The Fantasticks, and Our Town; some of the fi lms are  \u003cbr\u003eMoonstruck, Schindler's List, La Dolce Vita, Shawshank Redemption,  \u003cbr\u003eLife is Beautiful, La Strada, and Brideshead Revisited. A concerted  \u003cbr\u003eeffort for a personal style has been made in order to present an intimate  \u003cbr\u003eand readable approach to life, the arts, and their Gospel infl uences.","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125459763440,"sku":"9781453562833","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453562833_p0.jpg?v=1763847386","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453562833","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}