{"product_id":"9783032192714","title":"Redefining Faith in Dante’s \"Divine Comedy\"","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe New Middle Ages\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eRedefining Faith in Dante’s \"Divine Comedy\"\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJason Aleksander\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Medieval\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eRedefining Faith in Dante’s \"Divine Comedy\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e offers a bold reinterpretation of one of the world’s most studied poems. Through close readings of all three canticles, Jason Aleksander shows how Dante’s poem provocatively reconfigures “faith” as a mode of creative and interpretive engagement grounded in the exercise of practical judgment (\u003cem\u003ephronēsis\u003c\/em\u003e) and intellectual humility. Drawing on Dante’s dramatic depictions of figures such as Farinata degli Uberti, Ulysses, Cato of Utica, Statius, Virgil, and Beatrice, Aleksander shows how the poem both illustrates and actively cultivates the virtues necessary for navigating a fragmented and polarized world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWeaving together intellectual history, literary analysis, and sustained engagement with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'; color: #0d0d0d; background: white;\"\u003epagan, Christian, and Islamic philosophical traditions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e, the book traces how Dante’s poem dramatizes and provokes reflection on theological concepts such as heresy, salvation, personal immortality, atonement, and freedom of will. In doing so, \u003cem\u003eRedefining Faith in Dante’s Divine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e offers a compelling account of how Dante’s vision invites us to read—and to live—with greater attentiveness, responsibility, and openness to the possibility of personal transformation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThis book will appeal to scholars and students of Dante, medieval and Renaissance philosophy and theology, philosophical hermeneutics, and anyone interested in how literature stimulates ethical imagination. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'; color: #0d0d0d;\"\u003eJason Aleksander\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'; color: #0d0d0d;\"\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at San José State University, USA. His work on Dante and Nicholas of Cusa explores the limits of knowledge and the ethics of interpretation, engaging broader interests in philosophical hermeneutics and the global history of philosophy, theology, and literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032192714\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e291\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45991322550412,"sku":"9783032192714","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032192714.jpg?v=1780597819","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032192714","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}