Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 429 g
Reihe: The Lutterworth Press
Reading Christian Ministry in Fiction, Television, and Film
Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 429 g
Reihe: The Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9364-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
An engaging analysis of the portrayal of Christian clergy in the arts, and how cultural perceptions shape popular understanding of the ministry.
Combining thematic analysis and stimulating close readings, 'The Collar' is a wide-ranging study of the many ways - heroic or comic, shrewd or dastardly - in which Christian clergy have been represented in literature, from George Herbert and Laurence Sterne, via Anthony Trollope, G.K. Chesterton, T.S. Eliot, and Graham Greene, to Susan Howatch and Robertson Davies, and in film and television, such as 'Pale Rider', 'The Thorn Birds', 'The Vicar of Dibley', and 'Father Ted'. Since all Christians are expected to be involved in ministry of some type, the assumptions of secular culture about ministers affect more than just clergy. Ranging across several nations (particularly Britain, the U.S., and Canada), denominations, and centuries, 'The Collar' encourages creative and faithful responses to the challenges of Christian leadership and develops awareness of the times when leadership expectations become too extreme. Using the framework of different media to make inquiries about pastoral passion, frustration, and fallibility, Sue Sorensen's well-informed, sprightly, and perceptive book will be helpful to anyone who enjoys evocative literature and film as well as to clergy and those interested in practical theology.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword by William H. Willimon
Acknowledgments
Prelude: Why Literary Ministers?
Interlude: “The Collar” by George Herbert
1. Heroism and Suffering
Romero, The Mission, Becket, Murder in the Cathedral, The Power and the Glory, Gilead
Interlude: Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos
2. The Counselor/Confessor
George Eliot, E.M. Forster, A.S. Byatt
Interlude: Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot
3. Fools for Christ
Tristram Shandy, The Vicar of Wakefield, Bleak House, The Warden, Monsignor Quixote,
Heavens Above!, Rowan Atkinson’s vicars
Interlude: Barbara Pym and Jan Karon
4. The Collared Detective
Brother Cadfael mysteries, Father Brown stories, The Name of the Rose
Interlude: Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
5. Passion, for Better and for Worse
The Scarlet Letter, The Crucible, Racing Demon, Priest
Interlude: The Book Against God, a Novel by James Wood
6. Failure, for Worse and for Better
Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Margaret Oliphant, Jane Austen, John Updike, Clint Eastwood
Interlude: Doubt, a Parable by John Patrick Shanley
7. Disaster
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Brand, The Spire, Light in August, Rain
Interlude: Pale Rider, directed by Clint Eastwood
8. Frustration: The Collar on Screen
The Thorn Birds, Footloose, 7th Heaven, Keeping the Faith, The Vicar of Dibley, Rev.
Interlude: The Bing Crosby and Richard Burton Movie Priests
9. Clergy Wives and Daughters: The Concealed Collar
A Clergyman’s Daughter, Bed Among the Lentils, The Rector’s Wife, Candida
Interlude: The Bell by Iris Murdoch
10. The Canadian Collar
The Stone Angel, Such is My Beloved, As For Me and My House, Good to a Fault,
Robertson Davies, Ralph Connor, Stephen Leacock, Warren Cariou
Interlude: Lights and Shadows of Clerical Life by William Cheetham
Postlude: Corpus permixtum
Bibliography
Index
Scripture Index
