Dante the Theologian

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Av Denys Turner, Connecticut) Turner, Denys (Yale University

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An understanding of Dante the theologian as distinct from Dante the poet has been neglected in an appreciation of Dante's work as a whole. That is the starting-point of this vital new book. In giving theology fresh centrality, the author argues that theologians themselves should find, when they turn to Dante Alighieri, a compelling resource: whether they do so as historians of fourteenth-century Christian thought, or as interpreters of the religious issues of our own times. Expertly guiding his readers through the structure and content of the Commedia, Denys Turner reveals - in pacy and muscular prose - how Dante's aim for his masterpiece is to effect what it signifies. It is this quasi-sacramental character that renders it above all a theological treatise: whose meaning is intelligible only through poetry. Turner's Dante 'knows that both poetry and theology are necessary to the essential task and that each without the other is deficient.'

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2025-07-24
  • Mått216 x 139 x 22 mm
  • Vikt446 g
  • FormatHäftad
  • SpråkEngelska
  • Antal sidor319
  • FörlagCambridge University Press
  • ISBN9781009168694