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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... suggests that religion's essence is personal communion with , or direct experience of , the triune God . He also speaks of participation in the divine life as an at- tainable reality , encompassing the whole of our existence , and made ...
... suggests that religion's essence is personal communion with , or direct experience of , the triune God . He also speaks of participation in the divine life as an at- tainable reality , encompassing the whole of our existence , and made ...
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... suggests that Kazantzakis , reeling from the repercussions of World War I , tried to avoid conscription into the Greek armed forces by flee- ing to Athos in 1915 , where he met the savvy workman named Yorgos Zor- bás for the first time ...
... suggests that Kazantzakis , reeling from the repercussions of World War I , tried to avoid conscription into the Greek armed forces by flee- ing to Athos in 1915 , where he met the savvy workman named Yorgos Zor- bás for the first time ...
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... suggests , and in ways that echo my last two chapters , the divine may best be construed as the possibility of the impossi- ble.16 I am who may be ( Ex . 3:14 ) . Picturing God as open , unforeseeable , and uncertain would , therefore ...
... suggests , and in ways that echo my last two chapters , the divine may best be construed as the possibility of the impossi- ble.16 I am who may be ( Ex . 3:14 ) . Picturing God as open , unforeseeable , and uncertain would , therefore ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
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