Theological Anthropology and the Great Literary Genres
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Author_Michael P. Jensen
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comedy
culture
epic
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literary criticism
literature and theology
narrative
story
theological anthropology
theology
tragedy
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- ISBN 9781978706392
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 160 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 23 Aug 2019
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The storytelling impulse lies very deep within human cultures; indeed, it is fundamental to the very concept of human culture itself. What, then, is humankind, according to the great story types of tragedy, epic, and comedy? What do each of these genres say about us, and what transcends us? Building on critical discussions of the great genres of the Western literary tradition, Michael P. Jensen argues that each of these genres contains a “theo-anthropology”—a theological understanding of the human creature. He then shows how questions of identity, purpose, and destiny are addressed within each genre, concluding that human existence is a “storied nature” shaped by the various literary forms that have fostered human cultural imagination. These genres provide crucial keys to vital anthropological and theological questions when put in conversation with Christian theology; as Jensen shows, the Christian story, “the gospel,” shares many observations about the human condition with the great genres, but offers a different “sense of ending.”
Michael P. Jensen is rector of St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Darling Point in Sydney, Australia, and teaches theology at Sydney College of Divinity and Australian College of Theology.
