Broken Hallelujah: Nikos Kazantzakis and Christian TheologyMarking 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. |
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Page 47
... existence , an idea quite com- mon among the so - called Hegelian Left , talk of the Infinite represented talk of the finite only . Jesus was a man . And the real meaning of his life , to say nothing of the doctrines that encrusted him ...
... existence , an idea quite com- mon among the so - called Hegelian Left , talk of the Infinite represented talk of the finite only . Jesus was a man . And the real meaning of his life , to say nothing of the doctrines that encrusted him ...
Page 70
... existence . Furthermore , they believed that Jesus ' ethical example opened up the possibility for moral change in our own lives.44 Finally , the German Lutheran writer Gottfried Thomasius was one of the first of several late ...
... existence . Furthermore , they believed that Jesus ' ethical example opened up the possibility for moral change in our own lives.44 Finally , the German Lutheran writer Gottfried Thomasius was one of the first of several late ...
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... existence , breaks down , sometimes violently , our barriers , and pushes us toward a bridge that leads to transubstantiated life . 50 Like Caputo , Kazantzakis finds the work of the impossible , or God , by no means confined to ...
... existence , breaks down , sometimes violently , our barriers , and pushes us toward a bridge that leads to transubstantiated life . 50 Like Caputo , Kazantzakis finds the work of the impossible , or God , by no means confined to ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
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