Christian Nonfiction
The Disciplined Heart: Love, Destiny & Imagination
1997·214 pages
A philosophical exploration of love's joys and obligations through literary analysis and Christian theology.
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A philosophical exploration of love's joys and obligations through literary analysis and Christian theology.
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Using instances of love and its counterfeits in novels and short stories by such authors as Flannery OConnor, Leo Tolstoy, George Eliot, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Simon constructs an account of loves joys and obligations that both charms and instructs. Learned, astute, and elegantly written, "The Disciplined Heart is a groundbreaking work at the intersection of theology, philosophy, and literary analysis. Caroline J. Simon is provost and executive vice president at Whitworth University, Spok
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Philosophical discussion of romantic and marital love via literary examples
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Christian theological account of love, destiny, and moral imagination
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Christian ethical framing of love, duty, and human destiny
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