Faith and the literary imagination: the educational challenge
Divided into four parts, the article explores the relationship between literature and faith. The first part examines the connection between literature and the pursuit of truth and the second shows that literature can offer a challenging encounter with different beliefs. Part three examines some exam...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Routledge
2013
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| In: |
Journal of beliefs and values
Year: 2013, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-255 |
| Further subjects: | B
Literature
B Imagination B Faith B France B Secularism B Truth |
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| Summary: | Divided into four parts, the article explores the relationship between literature and faith. The first part examines the connection between literature and the pursuit of truth and the second shows that literature can offer a challenging encounter with different beliefs. Part three examines some examples of the imagination at work in illuminating faith and the final section considers the educational challenge for teachers in enabling students to respond in an informed and sensitive way to literary encounters with faith. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9362 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2013.811202 |