In this collection of essays, a group of theologians, artists, and historians explore Geogres Roualt's historical context, personal suffering, and biblical themes, showing how his prophetic creativity continue to inspire artists and thinkers today. Chapters are interspersed with original artistic responses in the form of imagery and poetry.

First published in 2003 Consuming the Past covers pilgrimages to popular festivals, from modern spectacles to advertising, from the work of avant-garde painters to the novels of Emile Zola, and explores the complexity of the fin-de-siècle French fascination with the Middle Ages. The authors map the cultural history of the period from the end of the Franco-Prussian war to the 1905 separation of Church and State illuminating the powerful appeal that the medieval past held for a society undergoing the rapid changes of industrialisation.

The author unfolds for us the well-spring of the Christian spirit that runs through the religiously oriented literature of the last 450 years. This guided literary tour begins with the genius of the sixteenth century--Thomas More, Martin Luther, St. Ignatius, St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross; wends through the magnificence of the seventeetnth century when giants like Milton and Bunyan were writing in England, when Racine and Pascal lived in France and Calderon in Spain. The light of greatness dims for Christian writing in the eighteenth century as if to pause for breath before the grandeur of the nineteenth and early twentieth century Christian masters--Chateaubriand, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Newman, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Soloviev and finally Péguy and Bloy. In short pointed analyses the author picks out the Christian content of each writer in his particular environment.

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is the perfect introduction to the very best books of childhood: those books that have a special place in the heart of every reader. It introduces a wonderfully rich world of literature to parents and their children, offering both new titles and much-loved classics that many generations have read and enjoyed. From wordless picture books and books introducing the first words and sounds of the alphabet through to hard-hitting and edgy teenage fiction, the titles featured in this book reflect the wealth of reading opportunities for children.Browsing the titles in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up will take you on a journey of discovery into fantasy, adventure, history, contermporary life, and much more. These books will enable you to travel to some of the most famous imaginary worlds such as Narnia, Middle Earth, and Hogwart's School. And the route taken may be pretty strange, too. You may fall down a rabbit hole, as Alice does on her way to Wonderland, or go through the back of a wardrobe to reach the snowy wastes of Narnia.