Living forms of the imagination /

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Author / Creator:Hedley, Douglas.
Imprint:London ; New York : T & T Clark, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (x, 308 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11262269
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ISBN:9780567551276
056755127X
1283200562
9781283200561
0567032949
9780567032942
0567032957
9780567032959
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and indexes.
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Summary:Religious belief characteristically requires imaginative engagement. If this is not to be confused with fantasy or wish fulfilment, we need some account of how the imagination can used through images of salvation: symbols and sacred narratives. Metaphysical reductionism inspired by success of the physical sciences, especially by the employment of recent molecular biology, creates an unprecedented challenge for reflective religious belief: ontology is confined to scientific description. Christian theology in particular has a long tradition of 'faith seeking understanding'. This project is rende.
Other form:Print version: Hedley, Douglas. Living forms of the imagination. London ; New York : T & T Clark, ©2008 0567032949