2925267Theological Anthropology and the Great Literary Genreshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/theological-anthropology-and-the-great-literary-genres-9781978706408/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3797191/ed7b5698-bd70-4c2c-b690-5d54f45fb427.jpg?v=638385888939170000731812MXNLexington BooksInStock/Ebooks/The storytelling impulse lies very deep within human cultures; indeed, it is fundamental to the very concept of human culture itself. What, then, is humankind, according to the great story types of tragedy, epic, and comedy? What do each of these genres say about us, and what transcends us? Building on critical discussions of the great genres of the Western literary tradition, Michael P. Jensen argues that each of these genres contains a theo-anthropologya theological understanding of the human creature. He then shows how questions of identity, purpose, and destiny are addressed within each genre, concluding that human existence is a storied nature shaped by the various literary forms that have fostered human cultural imagination. These genres provide crucial keys to vital anthropological and theological questions when put in conversation with Christian theology; as Jensen shows, the Christian story, the gospel, shares many observations about the human condition with the great genres, but offers a different sense of ending....2861025Theological Anthropology and the Great Literary Genres731812https://www.gandhi.com.mx/theological-anthropology-and-the-great-literary-genres-9781978706408/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3797191/ed7b5698-bd70-4c2c-b690-5d54f45fb427.jpg?v=638385888939170000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20199781978706408_W3siaWQiOiI3MDM3MDg4Ny0zYmJjLTRjMjMtYmE5My02ZjBkMmQ2ODgxNjgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjgyNSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjgyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjc0MywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781978706408_The storytelling impulse lies very deep within human cultures; indeed, it is fundamental to the very concept of human culture itself. What, then, is humankind, according to the great story types of tragedy, epic, and comedy? What do each of these genres say about us, and what transcends us? Building on critical discussions of the great genres of the Western literary tradition, Michael P. Jensen argues that each of these genres contains a theo-anthropologya theological understanding of the human creature. He then shows how questions of identity, purpose, and destiny are addressed within each genre, concluding that human existence is a storied nature shaped by the various literary forms that have fostered human cultural imagination. These genres provide crucial keys to vital anthropological and theological questions when put in conversation with Christian theology; as Jensen shows, the Christian story, the gospel, shares many observations about the human condition with the great genres, but offers a different sense of ending.(*_*)9781978706408_The storytelling impulse lies very deep within human cultures; indeed, it is fundamental to the very concept of human culture itself. What, then, is humankind, according to the great story types of tragedy, epic, and comedy? What do each of these genres say about us, and what transcends us? Building on critical discussions of the great genres of the Western literary tradition, Michael P. Jensen argues that each of these genres contains a theo-anthropologya theological understanding of the human creature. He then shows how questions of identity, purpose, and destiny are addressed within each genre, concluding that human existence is a storied nature shaped by the various literary forms that have fostered human cultural imagination. These genres provide crucial keys to vital anthropological and theological questions when put in conversation with Christian theology; as Jensen shows, the Christian story, the gospel, shares many observations about the human condition with the great genres, but offers a different sense of ending....9781978706408_Fortress Academic(*_*)9781978706408_Lexington Bookslibro_electonico_ea8d68b0-fe93-354e-967f-75508652d64d_9781978706408;9781978706408_9781978706408Michael P.InglésMéxicoLexington Bookshttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/rowman_academic-epub-2a9a178d-8a7b-4014-8b36-02895c1f42f8.epub2019-08-23T00:00:00+00:00