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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... experience a dramatic rever- sal of belief and desert the Church altogether . Eager to probe his native Greek Orthodox church wisdom , for fear that not doing so would precipitate a Weltanschauung stenosis , Nikos Kazantzakis ...
... experience a dramatic rever- sal of belief and desert the Church altogether . Eager to probe his native Greek Orthodox church wisdom , for fear that not doing so would precipitate a Weltanschauung stenosis , Nikos Kazantzakis ...
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... experience that a transformation of all hu- man life is given in the fact that " Jesus is there only for others . " His " being there for others " is the experience of transcendence . . . . Faith is participation in this being of Jesus ...
... experience that a transformation of all hu- man life is given in the fact that " Jesus is there only for others . " His " being there for others " is the experience of transcendence . . . . Faith is participation in this being of Jesus ...
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... experience , so God also confronts us through it . This means that au- thentic Christian spirituality is the imitation of an adventurous God . Our faith will thus involve risks . As we have seen , though , Kazantzakis admires this ...
... experience , so God also confronts us through it . This means that au- thentic Christian spirituality is the imitation of an adventurous God . Our faith will thus involve risks . As we have seen , though , Kazantzakis admires this ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
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