The Making and Unmaking of History: Secular and Sacramental Approaches

This paper shows how David Jones's sacramental understanding of man and world informs his, and may inform our, approach to history. For Jones, the history of "man the maker" is a history of "making other." History is not only something done, but also something made; not only...

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Main Author: Gustafsson, Daniel 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dep. 2017
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-121
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBE Anthropology
NBP Sacramentology; sacraments
Further subjects:B Secularism in literature
B ARTHURIAN legend
B SACRAMENTS in literature
B Literary style
B JONES, David, 1895-1974
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