1st Edition

Baptized Imagination The Theology of George MacDonald

By Kerry Dearborn Copyright 2006
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

The imagination has been called, 'the principal organ for knowing and responding to disclosures of transcendent truth'. This book probes the theological sources of the imagination, which make it a vital tool for knowing and responding to such disclosures. Kerry Dearborn approaches areas of theology and imagination through a focus on the nineteenth century theologian and writer George MacDonald.... Read more

Baptized Imagination

Biography

Kerry Dearborn is Associate Professor of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, USA.

’This is - certainly for one who values the writing of C. S. Lewis - an excellent study.’ Heythrop Journal ’ Dearborn's book is a magisterial work, at once panoramic and detailed.’ Theology '... the text is important; those intending to grapple either with MacDonald or the thinkers who claim his influence must consider Baptized Imagination. Petition your libraries for purchase...' VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review