Shakespeare, Theology, and the Unstaged God

ISBN-13: 9780367784836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 200 str.

Anthony D. Baker

Opis

Located within the turn to religion in Shakespeare studies, this book goes beyond the claim that Shakespeare simply made artistic use of religious material in his drama. It argues that his plays inhabit a complex and rich theological atmosphere, individually, by genre and as a body of work.

Spis treści

Foreword; Introduction: On God’s Hidden Presence; Part One: Theology and History; 1 Divine Courtesy; 2 The Unexceptional King; Part Two: Theology and Tragedy; 3 The Hidden Double; 4 Human Gods; Part Three: Theology and Comedy; 5 Unauthorized Grace; 6 Comic Repentance; Conclusion: Shakespeare’s Theatrical Good Friday

　

O autorze

Anthony D. Baker is Clinton S. Quin Professor of Systematic Theology at the Seminary of the Southwest, USA. He is the author of Diagonal Advance: Perfection in Christian Theology (2011), as well as various articles in　Modern Theology, Political Theology, The Journal of Anglican Studies, Anglican Theological Review, Heythrop Journal and other journals and collections.