{"product_id":"9781405119757","title":"The Sacred Desert Religion, Literature, Art, and Culture","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Sacred Desert\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReligion, Literature, Art, and Culture\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Jasper\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Christian Theology \/ Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Desert\u003c\/i\u003e is a reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn original reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses figures as diverse as Jesus, the early Christian Desert Fathers, T.E. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, Georgia O'Keeffe, Wim Wenders and Jim Crace.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes connections across millennia of desert literature.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeepens the reader's understanding of the desert as a real place, as an interior space, and as a textual site,\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcludes with comments on the recent conflicts in Iraq.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in a readable and engaging style.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Jasper\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of Glasgow, and was the founding editor of the journal, \u003ci\u003eLiterature and Theology\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred and Secular Canon in Romanticism\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bible and Literature: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Stephen Prickett, Blackwell Publishing, 1999) and \u003ci\u003eReligion and Literature: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Robert Detweiler, 2000).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 June 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405119757\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e232\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314700841100,"sku":"9781405119757","price":46.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405119757.jpg?v=1780173759","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405119757","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}