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The Truth and Beauty
- How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus
- Narrated by: Andrew Klavan
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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Follow Andrew Klavan to a deeper, richer understanding of the words of Jesus.
Andrew Klavan believed what he read in the Gospels, but he often struggled to understand what Jesus really meant. So he began a journey of wrestling with the beautiful and often strange words of Jesus.
He learned Greek in order to read the Gospels in their original languages, and he vowed to set aside any preconceptions about what the Scriptures say. But it wasn't until he began exploring how some of history's greatest writers wrestled with the same issues we confront today—political upheaval, rejection of social norms, growing disbelief in God—that he found a new way of understanding what Jesus meant.
In The Truth and Beauty, Klavan combines a decades-long writing career with a lifetime of reading to discover a fresh understanding of the Gospels. By reading the words of Jesus through the life and work of writers such as William Wordsworth and John Keats, Mary Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge—the English romantics—Klavan discovered a way to encounter Jesus in a deeper and more profound way than ever before.
For people seeking to find renewed meaning in the words of Jesus—and for those who are striving for belief in a materialistic world—The Truth and Beauty offers an intimate account of one man's struggle to understand the Gospels in all their strangeness, and so find his way to a life that is, as he says, "the most creative, the most joyful, and surely the most true."
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- John Ryan
- 17-11-2022
Enjoyable
An interesting read, and well-narrated. I will be revisiting this book, part three in particular.
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- Alison Mettam
- 25-10-2023
Brilliant
I loved all of it. The historical stories of the poets and Andrew Klavan’s insights into the scriptures.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-07-2024
Helped me to see literature in a new light
Andrew Klavan may possibly join C S Lewis as one of the great Christian writers. Very thoughtful and thought provoking. I recommend reading this together with Lewis’ Theory of Literary Criticism
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- Shaz Ginns
- 12-04-2022
An interesting literary investigation toward a deeper understanding of the gospels.
Such an easy read, incorporating historical events and interesting literary figures to attain a deeper understanding of the One we call Jesus and the words and stories attributed to the Word made flesh.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-02-2023
Worth a read if you love Western Culture
Interesting piece of writing in relationship to western philosophy and Christianity in links to Western culture. There were good examples used in history to see how we got to where we are now!
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- Anonymous User
- 07-06-2022
Loved it!
I found this thoroughly engaging. A truly uplifting and inspiring message, told poetically throughout. Loved it!
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- Jonathan Sutton
- 07-01-2024
A good introduction to Romantic period poetry and an even better study of Christ!
I have never given poets much thought (other than Milton) so I was surprised at the intriguing story Klavan was able to tell. The connections between Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Keats showed me who they were as people and how they, just like us, were asking the same questions of life.
But more importantly, the purpose and conclusion of this book showed me how little I understand the risen Christ that I serve. Klavan has offered a refreshing insight into the life of Jesus in a way I have never heard from the pulpit. Will be looking to get a physical copy of this book for sure!
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- Flashman
- 28-01-2024
Amazing synthesis of the meaning of life
Klavan is the best and most informed an thoughtful storyteller alive. Not just fiction but the story of life, Jesus and ultimate meaning
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