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Being deified : poetry and fantasy on the path to God / David Russell Mosley.
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TextSeries: Emerging scholarsPublication details: Minneapolis. : Fortress Press., © 2016Description: lxi, 233 pages ; 24 cmISBN: - 1506410820
- 9781506410821
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Summary: Being deified examines the importance of deification to Christian theology and the place of human creativity in deification. This volume utilizes the work of fantasy writers and poets in order to show the importance of these genres for theology in general and for their importance in human deification.
Stanza 1. Poet and poem: God, creation, and humanity. 1. Before "In the beginning," or "In the beginning God"; the God who is poet and theo-poet -- 2. The poem days 1-5: the stage for deification -- 3. The poem day 6: humanity, the deified -- Stanza II. Pride, evil, and distorted vision. 4. The pride of the poem: auto-deification, distorted sight, and privative evil -- 5. Distorted eyesight and a corrupted cosmos -- Stanza III. The poet enters the poem: incarnation, deification, and a restoration of vision. -- Stanza IV. Participating in the poem: sacraments, liturgy, and human creativity. 7. Participating in the poem: sacramental ontology -- 8. Participating in the poem and theo-poem: human creativity and examples from poetry and fantasy.
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| 234 M478D The devil's redemption : | 234 M847F Faith comes by hearing : a response to inclusivism / | 234 M877A The Atonement, its meaning and significance / | 234 M912B Being deified : | 234 M958B Being saved / | 234 P267A Assured by God : living in the fullness of God's grace / | 234 P485O Our secure salvation : preservation and apostasy / |
Includes bibliographical resources (pages 217-228) and index.
Stanza 1. Poet and poem: God, creation, and humanity. 1. Before "In the beginning," or "In the beginning God"; the God who is poet and theo-poet -- 2. The poem days 1-5: the stage for deification -- 3. The poem day 6: humanity, the deified -- Stanza II. Pride, evil, and distorted vision. 4. The pride of the poem: auto-deification, distorted sight, and privative evil -- 5. Distorted eyesight and a corrupted cosmos -- Stanza III. The poet enters the poem: incarnation, deification, and a restoration of vision. -- Stanza IV. Participating in the poem: sacraments, liturgy, and human creativity. 7. Participating in the poem: sacramental ontology -- 8. Participating in the poem and theo-poem: human creativity and examples from poetry and fantasy.
Being deified examines the importance of deification to Christian theology and the place of human creativity in deification. This volume utilizes the work of fantasy writers and poets in order to show the importance of these genres for theology in general and for their importance in human deification.
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