{"product_id":"9781602587809-redemption-in-poetry-and-philosophy","title":"Redemption in Poetry and Philosophy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWordsworth, Kant, and the Making of the Post-Christian Imagination\u003cbr\u003eHighlighting the ways in which prose allegedly serves as a redemptive agent for nonbelievers in the modern age while engendering dangerous notions of self-redemption in contemporary Christians, \u003cem\u003eRedemption in Poetry and Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e explores and critiques secular modes of salvation the modern, post-Christian imagination.\u003cbr\u003eA biblical understanding of redemption requires the sacrificial death of Jesus. In the post-Christian world envisioned by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his Enlightenment contemporaries, the Christ-centric source of redemption disappears, though the human need for salvation remains.  \u003ci\u003eRedemption in Poetry and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e explores how this need for redemption is realized in the post-Christian poetics of William Wordsworth and philosophical imagination of Immanuel Kant. Simon Haines critiques the secular modes of salvation articulated by each figure to illustrate the shortcomings of modern, post-Christian imagination.  \u003ci\u003eRedemption in Poetry and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the ways in which prose allegedly serves as a redemptive agent for nonbelievers in the modern age, but also engenders dangerous notions of self-redemption in contemporary Christians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55216101720438,"sku":"9781602587809","price":40.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41304565.jpg?v=1778812037","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781602587809-redemption-in-poetry-and-philosophy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}