A Theology Of Reading: The Hermeneutics Of LoveIf the whole of the Christian life is to be governed by the "law of love"—the twofold love of God and one's neighbor—what might it mean to read lovingly? That is the question that drives this unique book. Through theological reflection interspersed with readings of literary texts (Shakespeare and Cervantes, Nabokov and Nicholson Baker, George Eliot and W. H. Auden and Dickens), Jacobs pursues an elusive quarry: the charitable reader. |
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... is an irreplaceable tool in the development of discernment or practical wisdom. I also hope that my use of literary examples and models exhibits, in however imperfect a way, the charity that I am recommending. Prelude.
... is an irreplaceable tool in the development of discernment or practical wisdom. I also hope that my use of literary examples and models exhibits, in however imperfect a way, the charity that I am recommending. Prelude.
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... hope to see, in the life of one who loves God and her neighbor, that love manifested in her work and her leisure, in her caregiving and her worship. We need not shy away from evaluating any everyday pursuit according to what the ...
... hope to see, in the life of one who loves God and her neighbor, that love manifested in her work and her leisure, in her caregiving and her worship. We need not shy away from evaluating any everyday pursuit according to what the ...
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... hope will become clear as my argument progresses. The first is that, as my patristic quotations show, the Christian appropriation of pagan literature was understood to occur in the context of spiritual warfare: One can in good ...
... hope will become clear as my argument progresses. The first is that, as my patristic quotations show, the Christian appropriation of pagan literature was understood to occur in the context of spiritual warfare: One can in good ...
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Contents
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THE ILLUMINATI | 37 |
TRANSFER OF CHARISMA | 69 |
QUIXOTIC READING | 91 |
TWO CHARITABLE READERS | 113 |
Postlude | 145 |
Notes | 153 |
Works Cited | 173 |
Index | 183 |
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