Beginning with the Word: Modern Literature and the Question of Belief

In this addition to the critically acclaimed Cultural Exegesis series, a nationally recognized scholar and award-winning author offers a sophisticated theological engagement with the nature of language and literature. Roger Lundin conducts a sustained theological dialogue with imaginative literature and with modern literary and cultural theory, utilizing works of poetry and fiction throughout to prompt the discussion and focus his reflections. The book is marked by a commitment to bring the history of Christian thought, modern theology in particular, into dialogue with literature and modern culture. It is theologically rigorous, widely interdisciplinary in scope, lucidly written, and ecumenical in tone and approach.

Author: Roger Lundin
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 12/01/2013
Pages: 261
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.95h x 6.07w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780801027260

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/11/2013
CBA Retailers 12/01/2013 pg. 9
CBA Retailers 05/01/2014 pg. 28
Choice 11/01/2014 pg. 439

About the Author
Roger Lundin (1949-2015; PhD, University of Connecticut) was professor of English and Arthur F. Holmes Professor of Faith and Learning at Wheaton College. He was an award-winning author of several books, including "Believing Again: Doubt and Faith in a Secular Age," "Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief," and" From Nature to Experience: The American Search for Cultural Authority," and editor of "Invisible Conversations: Religion in the Literature of America."

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