Richard Harries

Gebundenes Buch

Haunted by Christ

Modern Writers and the Struggle for Faith

Beschreibung

The influential Christian intellectual Richard Harries considers the work of twenty authors in terms of how their Christian faith impacts on it, with insightful readings of T.S. Eliot, Flannery O'Connor, William Golding and many others.

Autor

Richard Harries is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Professor of Theology at King's College, London. On his retirement as Bishop of Oxford (1987-2006) he was made a life peer (Lord Harries of Pentregarth). He is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including Hearing God in Poetry (SPCK, 2021), Seeing God in Art (SPCK, 2022) and his moving autobiography The Shaping of a Soul: a life taken by surprise (John Hunt 2023). Art and the Beauty of God (Continuum, 1993) was selected as book of the year by Anthony Burgess in The Observer. A much loved voice on BBC's Today programme, he has contributed to 'Thought for the Day' for more than 50 years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9780281079339
• ISBN-10: 0281079331
• Artikelnr.: 52914981