Christ the Tragedy of God: A Theological Exploration of Tragedy

ISBN-13: 9780367585792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 156 str.

Kevin Taylor

Opis

Tragedy is a genre for exploring loss and suffering, and this book traces the vital areas where tragedy has shaped and been a resource for Christian theology.

Spis treści

1 The Question of Tragedy  2 The Bible and Tragedy  3 Apollo and Rational Coherence  4 Prometheus and the Economics of Sacrifice  5 Philoctetes, Contingency, and Being Onstage  6 Oedipus, the Novel, and Guilt  7 Dionysus and Perception

O autorze

Kevin Taylor is an associate professor in the Department of Religion and Practical Theology at Pfeiffer University, USA. His publications include co-editing Christian Theology and Tragedy (Ashgate, 2011), and Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Question of Tragedy in the Novels of Thomas Hardy (T&T Clark, 2013).