The Romance of the Word: One Man's Love Affair with Theology : Three BooksWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1995 - 373 pages This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. This wonderful trilogy again makes available three of Robert Farrar Capon's sought-after early works: An Offering of Uncles, The Third Peacock, and Hunting the Divine Fox. Brought together under one cover to stand as a kind of "theological trinity," the books in this volume each offer a refreshingly different take on key theological issues. A substantial new preface by Capon introduces the books and reveals how each fits into his own literary and spiritual landscape. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
An Offering of Uncles | 35 |
Prologue | 37 |
The Marsh Reed | 42 |
The Bench Mark | 56 |
The Renegade Priest | 73 |
Interlude in the Garden | 84 |
The Oblation of Things | 90 |
Hunting the Divine Fox | 239 |
Preface | 241 |
Fable | 243 |
Analogies | 248 |
Proofs | 252 |
Words | 257 |
Images | 264 |
Willing | 270 |
The Main Thing | 101 |
The Courting Dance | 113 |
The Historic Bind | 124 |
The Black Mass | 132 |
Epilogue | 144 |
Preface | 150 |
The Third Peacock | 167 |
Introduction | 169 |
Let Me Tell You Why | 176 |
Lets Take Stock | 183 |
The Heart of the Problem | 192 |
Which Requires a Chapter by Itself | 201 |
Time Out | 207 |
Into the Divine Complicity | 216 |
The Hat on the Invisible Man | 225 |
The Rest of Our Journey | 235 |
Figuring | 277 |
Covenants | 282 |
Priesthood | 287 |
Computers | 296 |
Souls | 302 |
Superman | 309 |
Bookkeeping | 320 |
Transacting | 326 |
Reducing | 333 |
Faking | 339 |
Delivering | 347 |
Dumping | 355 |
Zapping | 362 |
Fireworks | 370 |
Common terms and phrases
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