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Description
"When computers freeze, they are "rebooted" and soon working properly again. Similarly, legendary thinkers throughout history have argued that Christianity should start fresh by recapturing the humanitarian spirit of Jesus' original message. These include such disparate individuals as Thomas Jefferson, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Leo Tolstoy, George Bernard Shaw, and the religious leaders of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Surprisingly enough, even classic television shows and films meant to be entertaining--Lost, Battlestar Galactica, It's a Wonderful Life, Groundhog Day, Decalogue, and A Charlie Brown Christmas--are attempts to apply the basic principles of Christianity to modern times. This book offers new essays by scholars of literature, film, history, theology and philosophy examining how various thinkers and storytellers over time have conceived of a reinvented Christianity. In confronting this controversial idea, this book examines how unorthodox interpretations of the Bible can be some of the most valid, how visions of Jesus as a revolutionary may be the most historically sound, and how compassionate Christians such as Origen have wrestled with the eternal questions of the existence of evil, the gift of free will and the promise of universal salvation."
This book was originally published by McFarland, 2013
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ISBN
978-0786467808
Publication Date
3-25-2013
Publisher
McFarland
City
Jefferson, North Carolina
Keywords
Godly Heretics, Religion, Christianity
Disciplines
American Literature | American Popular Culture | American Studies | English Language and Literature | Ethnic Studies | Italian Language and Literature | Other American Studies | Other Italian Language and Literature | Religion
Recommended Citation
DiPaolo, Marc, "Godly Heretics: Essays on Alternative Christianity in Literature and Popular Culture" (2013). Faculty Books & Book Chapters. 4.
https://dc.swosu.edu/cas_ll_books/4
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