Romantic Religion

A Study of Owen Barfield, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and J.R.R. Tolkien

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Theology
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Author: R. J. Reilly ISBN: 9781584202080
Publisher: SteinerBooks Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Lindisfarne Books Language: English
Author: R. J. Reilly
ISBN: 9781584202080
Publisher: SteinerBooks
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Lindisfarne Books
Language: English
The title Romantic Religion reflects Reillys premise that these four thinkers share a "matured romanticism." For them, creative imagination is central, with literary and religious views intimately related. Reilly devotes an insightful chapter to each of the writers and, in his conclusion, discusses their differences and similarities. Barfield fans will be especially impressed by the authors ability to clarify Barfields famously condensed prose. In a compelling new preface, Reilly considers the changing reputations of the four writers and their relevance for todays readers. The book was first published, he tells us, during a war and horrendous societal dilemmas, not very different from those that plague the world today. Now, as then, says Reilly, the four writers remind us of the possibility of a higher and saner life. They remind us that if we belong to the party not of memory but of hope, it is because we are imaginative beings and can imagine better beings and better worlds. This is the first study to examine in depth the theological and philosophic implications of the work of that remarkable group of writers now called the Oxford Christians. In focusing on the central religious concern of the group, R.J.Reilly provides and approach that is destined to become normative. This is not a work of convention literary biography (even less hagiography) or conventional literary history. Rather, it is intellectually informed criticism that makes possible a deep understanding of the enduring dimensions of the work of four of the most attractive and challenging writers of our time.
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The title Romantic Religion reflects Reillys premise that these four thinkers share a "matured romanticism." For them, creative imagination is central, with literary and religious views intimately related. Reilly devotes an insightful chapter to each of the writers and, in his conclusion, discusses their differences and similarities. Barfield fans will be especially impressed by the authors ability to clarify Barfields famously condensed prose. In a compelling new preface, Reilly considers the changing reputations of the four writers and their relevance for todays readers. The book was first published, he tells us, during a war and horrendous societal dilemmas, not very different from those that plague the world today. Now, as then, says Reilly, the four writers remind us of the possibility of a higher and saner life. They remind us that if we belong to the party not of memory but of hope, it is because we are imaginative beings and can imagine better beings and better worlds. This is the first study to examine in depth the theological and philosophic implications of the work of that remarkable group of writers now called the Oxford Christians. In focusing on the central religious concern of the group, R.J.Reilly provides and approach that is destined to become normative. This is not a work of convention literary biography (even less hagiography) or conventional literary history. Rather, it is intellectually informed criticism that makes possible a deep understanding of the enduring dimensions of the work of four of the most attractive and challenging writers of our time.

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