{"product_id":"true-religion-hardback-9780631221739","title":"True Religion (Hardback) 9780631221739","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrue Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGraham Ward (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631221739, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 December 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTrue 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\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eStanley Hauerwas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Graham Ward is Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at Manchester 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)\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)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e 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, Robinson Crusoe,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as various films.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough reference to plays, poetry, novels, films and painting, this manifesto traces the genealogy of 'true religion' in the western world and makes six controversial claims about the past, present and future of religion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces a transformation in the way religion is understood and performed in the western world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes several major claims about the past, present and future of true religion.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses cultural metaphors as ways into understanding religion.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRefers to plays, poetry, novels, paintings and films, including Romeo and Juliet, Moby Dick, The Exorcist and Stigmata.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuggests that the end of wars between nations could result in a return of wars of faith.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePart of the prestigious Blackwell Manifestos series.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52405651898648,"sku":"9780631221739","price":90.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631221739.jpg?v=1784137144","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/true-religion-hardback-9780631221739","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}