{"product_id":"true-religion-9780631221739","title":"True Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis manifesto traces the genealogy of true religion in the western world. It charts changes in our understanding of the term from Shakespeare to Salmon Rushdie, pointing out how closely linked those changes are to secularism, liberalism, and the development of capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"True Religion\u003c\/i\u003e is a magical book that forces us to see the world in which we now live. Ward combines extraordinary erudition and an equally extraordinary imagination that results in a book of rare intelligence and beauty. His fresh readings of familiar texts makes the book exciting and profound. Hopefully the book will attract the interest of non-theologians as well as theologians\" \u003ci\u003eStanley Hauerwas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Graham Ward is Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at Manhester University, and in this short but stimulating book he provides abundant evidence that he lives up to his title.\" \u003ci\u003eChurch Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Ward is an imaginative theologian whom I suspect of having an essentially literary sensibility. But in \u003ci\u003eTrue Religion\u003c\/i\u003e he deploys that sensibility in brilliant analyses of novels, plays, poems, buildings and films for a stated project in cultural history...It is the changing social construction of \"true religion\" over five centuries of \"Western\" history.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Blackwell Manifesto series is designed to \"engage and challenge\" readers, and Ward, the eminent Manchester University theologian, does precisely that. In graceful prose, he charts the changing views of \"True Religion\" from Shakespeare to the present in a study that combines piercing insights with evocative analyses of \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as various films.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTrue Religion\u003c\/i\u003e is playful, erudite and wise. Its prose is spare, its meanings extravagant and more thrilling than a 'pendulum boat' ride. It is the best attempt I've read to show that 'postmodern theology' is not an oxymoron.\" \u003ci\u003eTheology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Religion Before and After Secularism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. True Religion and Temporal Gods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. True Religion and Consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. True Religion and Special Effect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403436990807,"sku":"9780631221739","price":96.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631221739.jpg?v=1730483473","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/true-religion-9780631221739","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}