Theological Interpretation of Culture in Post-Communist Context : Central and East European Search for Roots.
Title:
Theological Interpretation of Culture in Post-Communist Context : Central and East European Search for Roots.
Author:
Noble, Ivana.
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9780754698487
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (243 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Culture as a Theological Theme -- Part I: The World -- 1 Images of the World in Karel Čapek and Isaac Bashevis Singer -- The Transcendent in the Ordinary -- A Vanished Past in the Mosaic of the Present -- Concluding Remarks -- 2 Theologies of the World -- What Lies beyond Secularization? -- The World as a Gift -- The World as a Task -- Concluding Remarks -- Part II: Memory -- 3 Heritage of Totalitarian Cultures in Folk Music -- Vladimir Vysotsky: Interplay of the Historical and the Archetypal -- Jaromír Nohavica: Breaking and Healing in Retrospect -- Concluding Remarks -- 4 Redemptive Memory in Theology -- Victimhood as a Positive Identity -- Remembering God -- Giving Back the Past -- Concluding Remarks -- Part III: The Ultimate Fulfilment -- 5 Figuring the Ultimate Fulfilment in Central European Cinema -- Guiding Desires in extremis according to István Szabó and Vladimír Michálek -- Kieślowski's Journey towards what is Real -- Concluding Remarks -- 6 Love as the Ultimate Fulfilment in Theology -- Estrangement of Love or Ambiguity of Conversion? -- The Spirit as the Giver of Love -- The Spirit as the Giver of Conversion -- Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Twenty years after the fall of Communism in Central and East Europe is an ocassion to reevaluate the cultural and theological contribution from that region to the secularization - post-secularization debate. Czech theologian Ivana Noble develops a Trinitarian theology through a close dialogue with literature, music and film, which formed not only alternatives to totalitarian ideologies, but also followed the loss and reappeareance of belief in God. Noble explains that, by listening to the artists, the churches and theologians can deal with questions about the nature of the world, memory and ultimate fulfilment in a more nuanced way. Then, as partakers in the search undertaken by their secular and post-secular contemporaries, theologians can penetrate a new depth of meaning, sending out shoots from the stump of Christian symbolism. Drawing on the rich cultures of Central and East Europe and both Western and Eastern theological traditions, this book presents a theological reading of contemporary culture which is important not just for post-Communist countries but for all who are engaged in the debate on the boundaries between theology, politics and arts.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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