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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... religious quest . Assessing Kazantzakis in this way enables me to make two intercon- nected and recurring points throughout this book . First , I think his own ag- onized spirituality helps those of us who sing our own broken ...
... religious quest . Assessing Kazantzakis in this way enables me to make two intercon- nected and recurring points throughout this book . First , I think his own ag- onized spirituality helps those of us who sing our own broken ...
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... religion , an opinion that won him few supporters in the religious estab- lishment . According to Caputo , we live in the midst of a religious renaissance . Many of us now read and practice life religiously , not as an obligation , but ...
... religion , an opinion that won him few supporters in the religious estab- lishment . According to Caputo , we live in the midst of a religious renaissance . Many of us now read and practice life religiously , not as an obligation , but ...
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... Religious Literacy 2 , no . 3 ( May 1989 ) : 1 , 7–8 . 47. Geering , Christianity without God , 126 . 48. From 1968 ... Religion and Hu- manities , Syracuse University , Syracuse , New York . Caputo has published on a range of figures ...
... Religious Literacy 2 , no . 3 ( May 1989 ) : 1 , 7–8 . 47. Geering , Christianity without God , 126 . 48. From 1968 ... Religion and Hu- manities , Syracuse University , Syracuse , New York . Caputo has published on a range of figures ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
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