The Theological Dickens
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The Theological Dickens
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Author : Brenda Ayres
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-11-18
The Theological Dickens written by Brenda Ayres and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
This is the first collection to investigate Charles Dickens on his vast and various opinions about the uses and abuses of the tenets of Christian faith that imbue English Victorian culture. Although previous studies have looked at his well-known antipathies toward Dissenters, Evangelicals, Catholics, and Jews, they have also disagreed about Dickens’ thoughts on Unitarianism and speculated on doctrines of Protestantism that he endorsed or rejected. Besides addressing his depiction of these religious groups, the volume’s contributors locate gaps in scholarship and unresolved illations about poverty and charity, representations of children, graveyards, labor, scientific controversy, and other social issues through an investigation of Dickens’ theological concerns. In addition, given that Dickens’ texts continue to influence every generation around the globe, a timely inclusion in the collection is a consideration of the neo-Victorian multi-media representations of Dickens’ work and his ideas on theological questions pitched to a postmodern society.
Dickens Christianity And The Life Of Our Lord
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Author : Gary Colledge
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-10-20
Dickens Christianity And The Life Of Our Lord written by Gary Colledge and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
While Dickens's religion and religious thought is recognized as a significant component of his work, no study of Dickens's religion has carefully considered his often ignored, yet crucially relevant, The Life of Our Lord. Written by a biblical studies scholar, this study brings the insights of a theological approach to bear on The Life of Our Lord and on Dickens's other writing. Colledge argues that Dickens intended The Life Of Our Lord as a serious and deliberate expression of his religious thought and his understanding of Christianity based on evidences for his reasons for writing, what he reveals, and the unique genre in which he writes. Using The Life of Our Lord as a definitive source for our understanding of Dickens's Christian worldview, the book explores Dickens's Christian voice in his fiction, journalism, and letters. As it seeks to situate him in the context of nineteenth-century popular religion-including his interest in Unitarianism-this study presents fresh insight into his churchmanship and reminds us, as Orwell observed, that Dickens "was always preaching a sermon".
God And Charles Dickens
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Author : Gary L. Colledge
language : en
Publisher: Baker Books
Release Date : 2012-06-01
God And Charles Dickens written by Gary L. Colledge and has been published by Baker Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with Religion categories.
Charles Dickens's 200th birthday will be celebrated in 2012. Though his writings are now more than 100 years old, many remain in print and are avidly read and studied. Often overlooked--or unknown--are the considerable Christian convictions Dickens held and displayed in his work. This book fills that vacuum by examining Dickens the Christian and showing how Christian beliefs and practices permeate his work. This historical work is written for pastors, students, and laity alike. Chapters look at Dickens's life and work topically, arguing that Christian faith was front and center in some of what Dickens wrote (such as his children's work The Life of Our Lord) and saliently implicit throughout various other characters and plots. Since Dickens's Christian side is rarely considered, Gary Colledge illuminates a fresh angle of Dickens, and the 200th birthday makes it especially timely.
Charles Dickens A Critical Study
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Author : G. K. Chesterton
language : en
Publisher: Aeterna Press
Release Date : 1926
Charles Dickens A Critical Study written by G. K. Chesterton and has been published by Aeterna Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1926 with Religion categories.
Chesterton's two-part biography of Charles Dickens examines the life and works of 19th century British literary figure Charles Dickens. Chesterton's reinterpretation of Dickens' life and work proved important to the modern perception of Dickens as a literary giant, and the work has received widespread praise. Aeterna Press
Appreciations And Criticisms Of The Works Of Charles Dickens
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Author : G. K. Chesterton
language : en
Publisher: Aeterna Press
Release Date : 1966
Appreciations And Criticisms Of The Works Of Charles Dickens written by G. K. Chesterton and has been published by Aeterna Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Religion categories.
When Chesterton defends and explains the great Victorian author, his arguments prophetically defend his own writing. Dickens, for instance, was accused of being superficial. So was Chesterton. Of such critics, Chesterton says, “they cannot grasp that there is foam upon the deep seas.” Such critics are too easily impressed by depressing literature and the confinement inflicted by sorrow. They cannot appreciate the difficulty of portraying happiness and the liberty provided by laughter. Aeterna Press
The Religious Sentiments Of Charles Dickens
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Author : Charles Dickens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
The Religious Sentiments Of Charles Dickens written by Charles Dickens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Religion categories.
Dickens And Religion
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Author : Dennis Walder
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Dickens And Religion written by Dennis Walder and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
The importance of understanding Dickens's religion to obtain a full appreciation of his achievement has long been admitted; but this is the first critical study of the interaction between Dickens's religious beliefs and his creative imagination throughout his career. The novelist's religious beliefs are a pervasive and deeply felt presence in his works even if they are not always clearly thought out or expressed. Too discreet and humane to be as explicit, or as dull, as most of the professedly religious novelists of his time, Dickens nevertheless suggests in his own way a liberal Protestant belief, shot through with Romantic, transcendental yearnings, which undoubtedly appealed to a very wide range of readers. Dickens's religion is shown to be that of a great popular writer, who created a unique kind of fiction, and a unique relationship with his readers, by the absorption and transformation of less respectable contemporary forms, from fairy-tale and German romance to tract and print. Walder's thoroughly researched and lively book provides students of Dickens and the Victorian period with an original perspective on the novelist's methods and attitudes. He offers a judicious and informed exploration of Dickens's obsessive themes, from the 'fall' of innocence in Pickwick Papers, to the search for a religious 'answer' in Little Dorrit. Each chapter focuses upon the striking congruences revealed between individual novels, or groups of novels, and particular religious themes. The views expressed in Dickens's lesser fiction and non-fiction are drawn on throughout, as are those in the influential contemporary press.
Hearing The Gospel Through Charles Dickens S A Christmas Carol
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Author : Reverend Cheryl Anne Kincaid
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2009-12-14
Hearing The Gospel Through Charles Dickens S A Christmas Carol written by Reverend Cheryl Anne Kincaid and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-14 with Religion categories.
Most people don’t realize Charles Dickens has a biblical foundation. Each of the spirits that appear in A Christmas Carol directly correlates with an Advent lesson that is found in the Church of England’s Book of Common Prayer. Perhaps that is what attracts Christians to the story of A Christmas Carol. Every Advent Christians revisit this old Victorian moral story with its images of snow covered English cobblestone streets, the sentimentally portrayed ragged poor, and its familiar story line doesn’t seem to grow tiresome through the years. We revisit this story because it echoes with the ancient lessons of Advent. Hearing the Gospel Through Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” is a Christian devotional that uses A Christmas Carol as a tool to teach the ancient Advent lessons of Hope, Faith, Peace, Love and Joy. Each week’s devotion begins with a section from A Christmas Carol which dramatizes the Advent Lesson and is followed with a scriptural Advent lesson from the Church of England’s Book of Prayer. The word Ebenezer is defined in scripture as “The Lord is my help” (1 Samuel 7:1–2). As we travel through Ebenezer’s redemptive healing journey, the devotional invites the participants to examine how Christ is born in their past, present and future. As a Christian pastor, I am grieved that the modern evangelical church has diminished the Advent season to a single Christmas Eve service or Christmas Sunday service. As a community, we no longer spend time preparing our hearts for the season of “Christ coming.” This devotional is for Christians to use as private and family devotions to prepare themselves for the Advent season.
The Dickens Christian Reader
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Author : Charles Dickens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Dickens Christian Reader written by Charles Dickens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Bible categories.
Charles Dickens had a close relationship with the doctrines of Christianity. This text is an introduction to the scriptural significance of his works, it takes excerpts from a range of his writings and directly links them to passages from the Bible.
Dickens And The Bible
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Author : Jennifer Gribble
language : en
Publisher: Nineteenth Century Series
Release Date : 2023-05
Dickens And The Bible written by Jennifer Gribble and has been published by Nineteenth Century Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05 with Bible categories.
At a time when biblical authority was under challenge from the Higher Criticism and evolutionary science, 'what providence meant' was the most keenly contested of questions. This book takes up the controversial subject of Dickens and religion, and offers a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary area of religion and literature. In a close study of major novels, it argues that networks of biblical allusion reveal the Judeo-Christian grand narrative as key to his development as a writer, and as the ontological ground on which he stands to appeal to 'the conscience of a Christian people'. Engaging the biblical narrative in dialogue with other contemporary narratives that concern themselves with origins, destinations, and hermeneutic decipherments, the inimitable Dickens affirms the Bible's still-active role in popular culture. The providential thinking of two twentieth-century theorists, Bakhtin and Ricoeur, sheds light on an exploration of Dickens's narrative theology.