by Sayers · Cluster: Faith · Providence · Divine Love
Abstract
Writing not as an apologist but as a professional writer, Sayers argues that the Christian creeds’ statements about God the Creator are, when tested against direct experience, an exact description of the human creative mind. Every act of making is a threefold, Trinitarian structure—the Creative Idea (the Father), the Creative Energy or Activity incarnate in matter (the Word), and the Creative Power responding in the reader’s soul (the Spirit)—three distinct “Persons” that are yet one work. From this analogy she illuminates free will, miracle, the problem of evil, self-expression, and the worth of work, and she diagnoses a modern age that mistakes life for a “problem” to be solved rather than a creation to be made.
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Forms & Genres: Nonfiction Archetypes: Artist, Christ Figure Motifs: Light and Dark, The Book, Fire, Cross Themes & Concepts: The Trinity, Creativity, Imagination, Faith, Artist and Society, Fate and Free Will, Good vs Evil, Incarnation, Paradox, Original Sin, Truth, Providence, Creativity and Artistic Labor, Love Divine, History Forms: Essay, Apologetics, Literary Criticism Historical References: Christianity, Bible, Catholic Church, Dante, Classical Antiquity Characters: The Trinity, God The Father, God The Son, God The Holy Ghost, The Writer, Artist, Augustine, Aquinas, Dante
by Sayers · Cluster: The Trinity · Creativity · Apologetics
Abstract
Scrivendo non da apologeta ma da scrittrice di professione, Sayers sostiene che le affermazioni dei credi cristiani su Dio Creatore, messe alla prova dell’esperienza diretta, sono una descrizione esatta della mente creativa umana. Ogni atto del fare è una struttura triplice, trinitaria—l’Idea creativa (il Padre), l’Energia o Attività creativa incarnata nella materia (il Verbo) e la Potenza creativa che risponde nell’anima del lettore (lo Spirito)—tre “Persone” distinte che sono tuttavia un’unica opera. A partire da questa analogia ella illumina il libero arbitrio, il miracolo, il problema del male, l’espressione di sé e il valore del lavoro, e diagnostica un’età moderna che scambia la vita per un “problema” da risolvere anziché per una creazione da compiere.
Capitoli / Chapters
- Chapter 1: Preface
- Chapter 2: The “Laws” of Nature and Opinion
- Chapter 3: The Image of God
- Chapter 4: Idea, Energy, Power
- Chapter 5: The Energy Revealed in Creation
- Chapter 6: Free Will and Miracle
- Chapter 7: The Energy Incarnate in Self-Expression
- Chapter 8: Maker of All Things—Maker of Ill Things
- Chapter 9: Pentecost
- Chapter 10: The Love of the Creature
- Chapter 11: Scalene Trinities
- Chapter 12: Problem Picture
- Chapter 13: Postscript: The Worth of the Work
- Chapter 14: Appendix
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Connections
Archetypes: Artist, Christ Figure Motifs: Light And Dark, The Book, Fire, The Cross Themes & Concepts: The Trinity, Creativity, Imagination, Faith, The Artist And Society, Fate And Free Will, Good Vs Evil, Incarnation, Paradox, Original Sin, Truth, Providence, Creativity And Artistic Labor, Love Divine Forms: Essay, Apologetics, Literary Criticism Historical References: Christianity, The Bible, Catholic Church, Dante, Classical Antiquity Characters: The Trinity, God The Father, God The Son, God The Holy Ghost, The Writer, The Artist, Augustine, Aquinas, Dante