Broken Hallelujah: Nikos Kazantzakis and Christian TheologyBroken Hallelujah offers a unique perspective on one of the most prolific and celebrated twentieth-century European writers, Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957). Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Kazantzakis's death, author Darren J. N. Middleton looks back on Kazantzakis's life and literary art to suggest that, contrary to popular belief, Kazantzakis and his views actually comport with the ideals of Christianity. As a theologian and ordained Baptist minister, Middleton approaches Kazantzakisas as a broadly sympathetic spiritual seeker rather than the traditional religious villain as he is routinely portrayed. Based on archival work conducted at the Kazantzakis library in Iraklion and at various monasteries on Athos, Middleton finds important connections between Kazantzakis's work and key themes in Eastern Orthodox theology, especially the "hesychastic" and "apophatic" traditions. This book advances modern Greek studies as well as general theological studies by acknowledging and celebrating Kazantzakis's clear if admittedly uneasy alliance with Christianity. Broken Hallelujah is a fascinating text that will interest scholars in Christianity and Literature studies, as well as those thinking through the faith in this era. |
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... idea " had entered human history . On this view , one shared by Baur , Jesus embodied an eternal idea or principle - namely , the finite's union with the Infinite . But since Strauss denied the Infinite or the Absolute's existence , an idea ...
... idea " had entered human history . On this view , one shared by Baur , Jesus embodied an eternal idea or principle - namely , the finite's union with the Infinite . But since Strauss denied the Infinite or the Absolute's existence , an idea ...
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... ideas were developed more fully in the twentieth century , often using Dostoyevsky's character Ivan Karamazov as a model . Karamazov's rebellion against God ( or , perhaps more accurately , against the idea of God ) has its origins in ...
... ideas were developed more fully in the twentieth century , often using Dostoyevsky's character Ivan Karamazov as a model . Karamazov's rebellion against God ( or , perhaps more accurately , against the idea of God ) has its origins in ...
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... ideas which stand behind the broad concept of postmodernism . " 3 Like Nietzsche , Kazantzakis foresaw much of what we now recognize as the postmodern turn , not in literary forms of course , but in philosophy and religion . Both ...
... ideas which stand behind the broad concept of postmodernism . " 3 Like Nietzsche , Kazantzakis foresaw much of what we now recognize as the postmodern turn , not in literary forms of course , but in philosophy and religion . Both ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
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