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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... feel emotional suffering- grief , guilt , loneliness , and despair — at some stage on their sacred journey . Ascetics and monks are not unique in feeling the soul's dark night . For many ordinary or grassroots believers , cultivating a ...
... feel emotional suffering- grief , guilt , loneliness , and despair — at some stage on their sacred journey . Ascetics and monks are not unique in feeling the soul's dark night . For many ordinary or grassroots believers , cultivating a ...
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... feel compassion , and if you do not feel compassion , your heart is not sorrowful out of compassion for sorrow ; and that is what being merciful is . But if you are not merciful , how is it that you are such a comfort to the sor- rowful ...
... feel compassion , and if you do not feel compassion , your heart is not sorrowful out of compassion for sorrow ; and that is what being merciful is . But if you are not merciful , how is it that you are such a comfort to the sor- rowful ...
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... feel , 10 We may feel God as compassionate ; however , this does not mean that God is compassionate.11 The characteristic Christian insistence that God does not change can be discerned in some remarks scattered throughout Kazantzakis's ...
... feel , 10 We may feel God as compassionate ; however , this does not mean that God is compassionate.11 The characteristic Christian insistence that God does not change can be discerned in some remarks scattered throughout Kazantzakis's ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
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