Finite transcendence :: existential exile and the myth of home /

Finite Transcendence: Existential Exile and the Myth of Home introduces and situates "existential exile" as an experience of the fundamental finitude of human existence and demonstrates how a particular way of responding in faith may enable one to find home in exile. Using the literary and...

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Main Author: Burr, Steven A., 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Finite Transcendence: Existential Exile and the Myth of Home introduces and situates "existential exile" as an experience of the fundamental finitude of human existence and demonstrates how a particular way of responding in faith may enable one to find home in exile. Using the literary and philosophical oeuvre of Albert Camus as a model, this book demonstrates the manner in which mythic literature can both present and engage the condition of exile toward its possible transcendence.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192) and index.
ISBN:9780739187968
0739187961

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