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Waking the Dead: George MacDonald as Philosopher, Mystic, and Apologist
Dean Hardy
Waking the Dead: George MacDonald as Philosopher, Mystic, and Apologist
Dean Hardy
Interest in George MacDonald, a 19th century Scottish writer, has flourished in recent decades. Known primarily as a pioneer in fantasy literature, he is equally revered as a Victorian sage whose sermons greatly influenced C. S. Lewis. However, while literary studies on MacDonald abound, there are few attempts to explore MacDonald's philosophical thought. Because MacDonald avoided being stereotyped - he often eludes classification in the fields of theology and philosophy. Moreover, his style of writing can border on the mystical. But was MacDonald truly a mystic? He shares the Romanticist's interest in intuitive knowledge and borrowed freely from Neo-Platonists and mythic writers and poets of the past. In Waking the Dead, author Dean Hardy offers a pioneering study of MacDonald's theological and philosophical foundations as well as his methods as a Christian apologist. In doing so, this book presents MacDonald as a successful model for Christians today.
242 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 6, 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9781935688211 |
Publishers | Winged Lion Press, LLC |
Pages | 242 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 358 g |
Language | English |