Milbank, Alison
Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians
- ISBN 13:
- 9780567390417
- author:
- Milbank, Alison
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- T.& T.Clark Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 208
- Dimensions:
- 138mm X 216mm
- Genre:
- Religion & Spirituality / Christianity
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians explores the theological project behind Chesterton's 'natural theology' through fairytales. Alison Milbank argues that Tolkien's fiction reflects his Catholic writerly background, drawing on similar literary-theological poetics to those of G.K. Chesterton.
The book examines how Chesterton's favoured tropes of paradox, defamiliarization and the grotesque are echoed in writers like T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and James Joyce. Milbank sets out a redemptive poetics that challenges readers' habitual perceptions of the world, dramatizing self-alienation through the grotesque before finding connection with the divine.
The book charts how Chesterton's theology of gift enables magic to become real, reconnecting people and things in reciprocal relations with the divine. This approach offers a unique perspective on the intersection of literature and theology.
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