{"product_id":"9781602581586","title":"Theology After Reading: Christian Imagination and the Power of Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheology After Reading\u003c\/i\u003e explores how recent novelists, alongside certain post-War Christian theologians, appear to be challenging, inverting, reinterpreting, and sometimes even affirming, the basic questions and answers of more traditional theologians. Focusing on five novels, Darren Middleton's book illustrates how literary art provokes theological reflection. Examining Graham Greene's \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Affair\u003c\/i\u003e, Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eSula\u003c\/i\u003e, Nikos Kazantzakis's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Temptation of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, Earl Lovelace's \u003ci\u003eThe Wine of Astonishment\u003c\/i\u003e, and Paul Thigpen's \u003ci\u003eMy Visit to Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, Middleton deftly illuminates the expression of both mainstream and progressive Christian doctrines as themes in these selected works of fiction, ultimately reaffirming the graced search for meaning in the mindful Christian life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baylor University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050726506736,"sku":"9781602581586","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781602581586_p0.jpg?v=1763825510","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781602581586","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}