Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature (Redesign) by Gene Edward Veith helps readers cultivate good literary taste by explaining how major literary genres communicate and how books can be spiritually and aesthetically beneficial. Veith shows how comedy, tragedy, realism, and fantasy can portray the Christian worldview and addresses topics such as the value of fairy tales, the tragic and comic sense of life, the contrast between classical and Hebraic traditions, and the role of postmodernity.
- Redesigned with a fresh look to appeal to today's readers
- Promotes critical reading and the habit of reading with discernment to raise the cultural level of evangelicalism
- Explains how comedy, tragedy, realism, and fantasy communicate and how they can reflect a Christian perspective
- Introduces readers to writers past and present and equips Christians to influence culture from an educated perspective
- 256 pages; Crossway; English language