Falling Into Grace The Fiction Of Andrew Greeley

Author : R. W. Carstens
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780595610938

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Falling into Grace: the Fiction of Andrew Greeley by R. W. Carstens Pdf

Falling into Grace is a study of Andrew Greeley's fiction and the message behind his words, revealing many timeless political and theological ideas. Professor R.W. Carstens shares the findings of his deep exploration into Greeley's novels as evidence of a set of ancient values and key political ideas that are needed today more than ever. As a great storyteller, Greeley's message is significant-that grace sustains us, unites us, comforts us, and sometimes overwhelms us, but it is also evidence of our freedom. Carstens' careful examination into the deeper meaning behind the stories demonstrates that Greeley's characters and the world in which they live portray life as acts of faith, hope, and love, and prove that God is alive and well in the hearts of many in the world. As Carstens discusses Greeley's imagination and his political and theological concepts, he develops his own theories about how these ideas can be applied in today's world by creating freedom, limiting authority, and building communities where people are united by common goals. In the end, Carstens' study demonstrates that Greeley's fiction shows us a way to go home -- -to the images that appeal to the best in us, and therefore tell us what might be.

Author : R. W. Carstens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0595494218

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Falling Into Grace by R. W. Carstens Pdf

Falling into Grace is a study of Andrew Greeley's fiction and the message behind his words, revealing many timeless political and theological ideas. Professor R.W. Carstens shares the findings of his deep exploration into Greeley's novels as evidence of a set of ancient values and key political ideas that are needed today more than ever. As a great storyteller, Greeley's message is significant-that grace sustains us, unites us, comforts us, and sometimes overwhelms us, but it is also evidence of our freedom. Carstens' careful examination into the deeper meaning behind the stories demonstrates that Greeley's characters and the world in which they live portray life as acts of faith, hope, and love, and prove that God is alive and well in the hearts of many in the world. As Carstens discusses Greeley's imagination and his political and theological concepts, he develops his own theories about how these ideas can be applied in today's world by creating freedom, limiting authority, and building communities where people are united by common goals. In the end, Carstens' study demonstrates that Greeley's fiction shows us a way to go home -- -to the images that appeal to the best in us, and therefore tell us what might be.

Author : Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1994-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0515114049

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Fall from Grace by Andrew M. Greeley Pdf

Another thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Wages of Sin. Kathleen Donahue has it all: a handsome husband who is a senatorial hopeful, three beautiful children, and a promising career. But her world comes crashing down with a phone call from her husband's lover.

Author : Allienne R. Becker
Publisher : Allienne Becker
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-29
Category : Catholic fiction
ISBN : 9780595223596

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Andrew M. Greeley by Allienne R. Becker Pdf

Andrew M. Greeley's Blackie Ryan stories are reviewed and explicated in this study of the author's novels featuring the delightful and leprechaun like detective. The book surveys detective fiction in which the unique, irrestible, and sometimes irrepressible Blackie Ryan, who is sometimes, but not always, a persona for the author, appears. A composite portrait of Blackie is drawn for the reader. The themes—both sociological and religious—that occur in the fiction are highlighted and explored, as are the various literary devices that the author employs to create his stories. The book includes a "Foreword" written by Andrew M. Greeley, world renowned sociologist, priest, and Professor of Social Science at the university of Chicago.

Author : Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 081614835X

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Love Song by Andrew M. Greeley Pdf

Tall, lovely district attorney Diana Lyons has committed an unpardonable sin: falling in love with handsome Conor Clarke who is being investigated by the D.A.'s office. And in the bitter battleground of the courtroom, Conor, despite the help of Father Blackie Ryan, may lose her forever . . . even if she can prove both his innocence and his love.

Author : Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429912402

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Angel Fire by Andrew M. Greeley Pdf

Someone to watch over me? Sean Seamus Desmond, newly-announced Nobel Prize winner, relishes the unknowns of science, but a real-life mystery of love and passion. . . in the form of a beautiful woman who says she's his guardian angel? Impossible. Yet there in his New York hotel room is an enchanting creature named Gabriella Light, who inexplicably and dramatically has just saved his life. Voluptuous and exquisitely dressed, sexy Gabriella, angel or not, is determined to keep him alive as a terrifying web of intrigue closes around him. Pursued by a very real and present danger, Sean Desmond will question his own sanity and his deepest beliefs, as he experiences what cannot be rationalized away as anything other than a powerful, radiant, and transcendent love. . . one that will test him as a man too long afraid of human and divine fires within himself! A wonderful, electrifying novel, Angel Fire, will delight readers with the storytelling magic that Andrew Greeley does best. Again he has created a tale rich with suspense, breathless entertainment, compelling ideas--and fascinating charaters we love, cherish, and never forget. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Allienne R. Becker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313030673

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The Divine and Human Comedy of Andrew M. Greeley by Allienne R. Becker Pdf

The volume approaches Greeleys novels by comparing him to the 19th-century French writer Honoré de Balzac. A prolific and popular author, Balzac recorded his milieu in tremendous detail, created a fictional universe peopled by hundreds of characters, and explored the role of Catholicism in his world. Because of his training as a sociologist, Greeley brings to his novels a thorough knowledge of popular culture and social theory. And because of his experience as a Roman Catholic priest, he has gained special knowledge of vice, virtue, and the workings of the Church. Like Balzac—now a major canonical author—Greeley has created a world of numerous fictional persons, mapped the details of his culture, and explored the place of Catholicism in contemporary life.

Author : Danielle Steel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101884003

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Fall from Grace by Danielle Steel Pdf

When Sydney's husband dies, she is dealt a devastating blow. He never wrote her into his will, so she is forced to leave the beautiful home they shared and is left with nothing

Author : Elizabeth Harrison
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0810829312

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Andrew M. Greeley by Elizabeth Harrison Pdf

A needed and timely scholarly resource...beneficial as a major resource for anyone studying Greeley's life and thought...a masterful collation of Greeley materials.

Author : Marian E. Crowe
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 073911641X

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Aiming at Heaven, Getting the Earth by Marian E. Crowe Pdf

"Although many literary critics assert that the Catholic novel is in decline, Aiming at Heaven, Getting the Earth: The English Catholic Novel Today argues that there is still vitality in the English Catholic novel at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Marian Crowe relates this fiction to recent developments in the post-Vatican II Church and elucidates intriguing possibilities for future Catholic fiction. In addition to discussing the theory and history of the Catholic novel, the book provides an in-depth study of four contemporary English Catholic novelists."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Kirk H. Beetz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000032860481

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Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction by Kirk H. Beetz Pdf

Author : Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 081614365X

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Patience of a Saint by Andrew M. Greeley Pdf

A powerful and wonderfully funny, ironic novel of an irascible Chicago newspaperman who rediscovers human decency, his faith, and his wife as he goes after a wicked politician who's trying to get away with murder. Greeley is the bestselling author of Angels of September and Virgin and Martyr.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781101936238

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by Anonim Pdf

Author : Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications
Publisher : Fodors Travel Publications
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-23
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781400017959

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Chicago 2008 by Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications Pdf

Provides a survey of the hotels, restaurants, historical sites, cultural activities, and other attractions in Chicago and includes special information for the business traveler

Author : Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0708832334

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Angels of September by Andrew M. Greeley Pdf