{"product_id":"the-gift-of-story-narrating-hope-in-a-postmodern-world-9781932792478","title":"The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Gift of Story brings contemporary literature and film into conversation with the grand Christian narrative. This book examines the specific connections between contemporary cultural meta-narratives (the stories humans typically tell about themselves) and the ideas of hope found in Christianity. Despite postmodernism's skepticism about narrative, the dialogue with contemporary fiction, drama, music and film demonstrates that the Christian story can engender and sustain hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Gift of Story  addresses a vital theme--that of Hope--in contemporary fiction, film, and philosophy, focusing on the Christian tradition as a response to the \"postmodern\" climate of fragmented hopes and fears at the turn of the twenty-first century. The book's essays find surprising expressions of hope in the novels and movies they examine, and are themselves efforts to find and express hope. --Will Katerberg, Calvin College\u003cbr\u003eWritten from a realistic and well-informed Christian perspective, the authors--whose eyes are open to the tragedies and contradictions of life--make a convincing case that narrative can be a gift, a gift that even engenders hope. The book is incisive, provocative, and heartening. --Stephen T. Davis, Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Preface Introduction  Section 1: The Postmodern Condition 1. Inventing Hope: The Question of Belief in Don DeLillo's Novels,  Mark Eaton  2. Voices from Within: Gloria Anzaldúa, bell hooks, and Roberta Bondi,  Anne-Marie Bowery  3. Time for Hope: The Sixth Sense, American Beauty, Memento, and Twelve Monkeys,  D. Brent Laytham  4. Beyond Futility: American Beauty and the Book of Ecclesiastes,  Robert K. Johnston  Section 2: The Valley of Despair 5. Prosaic Grace: Doris Betts's Souls Raised from the Dead,  Martha Greene Eads  6. Narrative Bones: Amy Tan's Bonesetter's Daughter and Hugh Cook's Homecoming Man,  Elaine Lux  7. Hope from a Radio: Jurek Becker's Jakob the Liar , Eric Sterling  8. Friendship and Hope: Elie Wiesel's The Town Beyond the Wall,  Carole J. Lambert  Section 3: Resisting the Night 9. A Passion for the Impossible: Richard Rorty, John Okada, and James Baldwin,  Harold K. Bush, Jr.  10. The Prophetic Burden: James Baldwin as a Latter-Day Jeremiah,  Kelvin Beliele  11. Reconciliation and Hope: Confessional Narratives in South Africa,  Susan Van Zanten Gallagher  Section 4: Adversity and Grace 12. Hope in Hard Times: Moments of Epiphany in Illness Narratives,  Marilyn Chandler McEntyre  13. Geographies of Hope: Kathleen Norris and David Lynch,  Kevin L. Cole  14. Attunement and Healing: The Fisher King,  Michael B. Herzog  15. The Gift of Grace: Isak Dinesen's Babette's Feast,  Maire Mullins  Section 5: Hope and the Imagination 16. The Redress of Imagination: Bernard MacLaverty's Grace Notes,  Barry Sloan  17. The Search for \"Deeper Magic\": J. K. Rowling and C. S. Lewis,  Emily Griesinger  18. J. R. R. Tolkien: Postmodern Visionary of Hope,  Ralph C. Wood  Works Cited List of Contributors","brand":"Baylor University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043281731927,"sku":"9781932792478","price":36.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781932792478.jpg?v=1750957681","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-gift-of-story-narrating-hope-in-a-postmodern-world-9781932792478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}