God and Charles Dickens : recovering the Christian voice of a classic author /
Colledge, Gary.
God and Charles Dickens : recovering the Christian voice of a classic author / Gary L. Colledge. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, �2012. - xix, 202 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and indexes.
Charles Dickens : that great Christian writer -- Charles Dickens's Jesus -- Charles Dickens : theologian? -- Charles Dickens : resurrectionist -- Real Christianity -- Dickens and the Church -- Reading (and hearing) Dickens.
Gary Colledge examines Dickens's novels, letters, and other writings to explore his Christian thought and worldview. Chapters examine Dickens's life and work topically, arguing that Christian faith was front and center in some of what he wrote (such as his children's work The Life of Our Lord) and saliently implicit throughout various other characters and plots. --from publisher description.
9781587433207 (pbk.) 1587433206 (pbk.)
2011050111
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Criticism and interpretation.
Christianity and literature.
God in literature.
PR 4592 .G6 / C65 2012
God and Charles Dickens : recovering the Christian voice of a classic author / Gary L. Colledge. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, �2012. - xix, 202 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and indexes.
Charles Dickens : that great Christian writer -- Charles Dickens's Jesus -- Charles Dickens : theologian? -- Charles Dickens : resurrectionist -- Real Christianity -- Dickens and the Church -- Reading (and hearing) Dickens.
Gary Colledge examines Dickens's novels, letters, and other writings to explore his Christian thought and worldview. Chapters examine Dickens's life and work topically, arguing that Christian faith was front and center in some of what he wrote (such as his children's work The Life of Our Lord) and saliently implicit throughout various other characters and plots. --from publisher description.
9781587433207 (pbk.) 1587433206 (pbk.)
2011050111
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Criticism and interpretation.
Christianity and literature.
God in literature.
PR 4592 .G6 / C65 2012