Michael Mears Bruner

A Subversive Gospel

Flannery O'Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

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Produktbeschreibung

The good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act. Exploring the theological aesthetic of American author Flannery O'Connor, Michael Bruner argues that her fiction reveals what discipleship to Jesus Christ entails by subverting the traditional understandings of beauty, truth, and goodness.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Theology and the Arts
• Verlag: IVP Academic
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9780830850662
• ISBN-10: 083085066X
• Artikelnr.: 47588727

Autorenporträt

Michael Mears Bruner (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is associate professor of practical theology at Azusa Pacific University. Born and raised in the Philippines as the son of missionaries, he is currently a resident scholar at the Huntington Library, an ordained minister in the PC(USA), and a recent recipient of a Lilly Endowment in theology and the arts.