"In "Christ across the Disciplines" a group of distinguished scholars from across the theological spectrum explores the dynamic relationship between the Christian faith and the life of the mind. Although the essays in this volume are rooted in a rich understanding of the past, they focus primarily on how Christian students, teachers, and scholars might best meet the challenges of intellectual and cultural life in a global world. This boo ..."
Believing Again(1st Edition) Doubt and Faith in a Secular Age by ProfessorRogerLundin Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2009 by Eerdmans ISBN-13: 978-0-8028-3077-7, ISBN: 0-8028-3077-3
"In Believing Again Roger Lundin brilliantly explores the cultural consequences of the rather sudden nineteenth-century emergence of unbelief as a widespread social and intellectual option in the English-speaking world. / Lundin's narrative focuses on key poets and novelists from the past two centuries -- Dostoevsky, Dickinson, Melville, Auden, and more -- showing how they portray the modern mind and heart balancing between belief and ..."
From Nature to Experience The American Search for Cultural Authority (American Intellectual Culture) by ProfessorRogerLundin Paperback, 278 Pages, Published 2007 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-4840-4, ISBN: 0-7425-4840-6
"'An important contribution to the study of the history of American pragmatism, modern methods of literary criticism and hermeneutics, and 20th-century Protestant theology. . . . Highly recommended.' _Choice 'Drawing on fiction and poetry, Lundin illumines the philosophical issues he explores while never losing the thread of argument. This could well be one of the more important books written in recent times, and hopefully it will recei ..."
""An important contribution to the study of the history of American pragmatism, modern methods of literary criticism and hermeneutics, and 20th-century Protestant theology. . . . Highly recommended." —Choice"Drawing on fiction and poetry, Lundin illumines the philosophical issues he explores while never losing the thread of argument. This could well be one of the more important books written in recent times, and hopefully it will receive ..."
Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief(2nd Edition) (Library of Religious Biography (LRB)) by ProfessorRogerLundin Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2004 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. ISBN-13: 978-0-8028-2127-0, ISBN: 0-8028-2127-8
"Named an "Outstanding Academic Book" by Choice when it was published in 1998, Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief has since been widely recognized as one of the finest biographies of the great American poet. This superb work by Roger Lundin is now available in a revised edition that, in addition to incorporating text updates, aligns all citations of Dickinson's poems with the newly established standard edition of Dickinson's writing. ..."
"One is Mark Noll, who read most of these chapters in one form or another and
gave me the benefit of his vast learning, his keen theological sense, and his
unerring editor's eye. I am also grateful to Alan Jacobs, who is a constant source
of striking insights and delightful conversation and who gave the entire
manuscript a careful reading; his comments were enormously helpful as I
prepared my final draft. Finally, I want to thank Ch ..."
"Language:Chinese.Cosponsored by the Christian College Coalition. Paperback. Pub Date: 1989 Pages: 192 in Publisher: HarperOne This comprehensive study addresses questions faced by students in introductory literature courses It examines literature as a form of human action and argues that the reading and writing of literary works provide vital ways for men and women to act as responsible agents in God's world.Building upon the doctrine o ..."
Invisible Conversations(1st Edition) Religion in the Literature of America (Studies in Christianity and Literature) by ProfessorRogerLundin, Baylor University Press Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2009 by Baylor University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60258-147-0, ISBN: 1-60258-147-9
"American literature offers exceptional resources for understanding the complex role religion has played in the life of the culture and in the experience of its people. In recent decades, however, the academic study of that literature has largely treated religion, in the words of a noted scholar, as an "invisible domain." In joining the rich conversations that have enlivened American culture for centuries, Invisible Conversations seeks t ..."
"The question of interpretation is as old as language itself. In today's postmodern context, however, the task of hermeneutics has become frustratingly complex. This timely collection of essays by ten leading scholars explores the diversity of contemporary Christian hermeneutical theory and practice. The format of the book consists of a major essay and a response in each of four disciplines - philosophy, English, sociology, and theology ..."
There Before Us(1st Edition) by ProfessorRogerLundin Paperback, 274 Pages, Published 2007 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. ISBN-13: 978-0-8028-2963-4, ISBN: 0-8028-2963-5
"In recent American life, religion has once again asserted its place as a motivating factor. Yet the place of religion in literary studies continues to take a back seat to trendier academic causes. There Before Us begins to remedy this deficiency by exploring the place of faith in the lives of writers who wrote after Ralph Waldo Emerson's influential 1837 call to establish a national literary culture free from the learning of other lands ..."
Disciplining Hermeneutics Interpretation in Christian Perspective by ProfessorRogerLundin Hardcover, 170 Pages, Published 1997 by Eerdmans Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-85111-453-8, ISBN: 0-85111-453-9
"In today's postmodern context, however, the task of hermeneutics has become frustratingly complex. This timely collection of essays by ten leading scholars explores the diversity of contemporary Christian hermeneutical theory and practice."
"Redeeming Beauty explores the richness of orthodox Christian tradition, both Western and Eastern, in matters of 'sacral aesthetics' - a term used to denote the foundations, production and experience of religiously relevant beauty.Aidan Nichols investigates five principal themes: the foundation of beauty in the natural order through divine creative action; explicitly 'evangelical' beauty as a quality of biblical revelation and notably at ..."
"This is the first comprehensive study of the theological significance of Paul Claudel, a poet frequently cited by literary-minded theologians in Europe and theologically-minded poets (such as von Balthasar, de Lubac and Eliot). His writing combines cosmology and history, Bible and metaphysics, liturgy and the drama of human personality. His work, which continues to arouse discussion in France, was acclaimed in his lifetime as the 'summa ..."
"Drawing together leading scholars from both theological and literary backgrounds, Christian Theology and Tragedy explores the rich variety of conversations between theology and tragedy. Three main areas are examined: theological readings of a range of tragic literature, from plays to novels and the Bible itself; how theologians have explored tragedy theologically; and how theology can interact with various tragic theories.Encompassing a ..."
"Drawing together leading scholars from both theological and literary backgrounds, Christian Theology and Tragedy explores the rich variety of conversations between theology and tragedy. Three main areas are examined: theological readings of a range of tragic literature, from plays to novels and the Bible itself; how theologians have explored tragedy theologically; and how theology can interact with various tragic theories.Encompassing a ..."
"This is the first comprehensive study of the theological significance of Paul Claudel, a poet frequently cited by literary-minded theologians in Europe and theologically-minded poets (such as von Balthasar, de Lubac and Eliot). His writing combines cosmology and history, Bible and metaphysics, liturgy and the drama of human personality. His work, which continues to arouse discussion in France, was acclaimed i ..."
"This book offers a critical edition of arguably the greatest work of English theology in the 20th century: Austin Farrer's Bampton Lectures published as The Glass of Vision in 1948. Farrer was an interdisciplinary genius who made original contributions to philosophy, theology, and biblical studies, as well as to our understanding of the role of imagination in human thought and Christian doctrine. According to ..."
"For over forty years, Leland Ryken has championed and modeled a Christian liberal arts education. His scholarship and commitment to integrating faith with learning in the classroom have influenced thousands of students who have sat under his winsome teaching. Published in honor of Professor Ryken and presented on the occasion of his retirement from Wheaton College, this compilation carries on his legacy of applying a Christian liberal a ..."
Baptized Imagination The Theology of George Macdonald (Ashgate Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts) (Ashgate Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts) by Kerry Dearborn, Professor Trevor Hart, ProfessorRogerLundin Hardcover, 210 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-5516-9, ISBN: 0-7546-5516-4
"The imagination has been called, 'the principal organ for knowing and responding to disclosures of transcendent truth'. This book probes the theological sources of the imagination, which make it a vital tool for knowing and responding to such disclosures. Kerry Dearborn approaches areas of theology and imagination through a focus on the nineteenth century theologian and writer George MacDonald. MacDonald can be seen as an icon whose ..."