Heroism and the Christian Life: Reclaiming ExcellenceThis volume is a literary and cultural investigation of the discord and resonance between classical ideals of heroic action and the imperatives of the Christian life, from the Homeric epic to the present day. Its central theme is the difficulty of recognizing, imitating, and participating in heroic excellence--a difficulty that has been a concern for classical, Renaissance, and modern writers alike. |
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Achillean Achilles action Aeneas Aeneas's Aeneid Agamemnon Alcibiades allegory ambition Anthony Anthony's antiheroism armor Athanasius Athens author of Mark battle Bonhoeffer Briseis Camus Camus's Carthage character Christian heroism claim Corinthians death desire destiny Dido disciples discipleship divine endure epic faith fate final fulfillment gifts glory God's Gospel of Mark Gospel of Matthew grace Greek Guyon Hector Heracles hero heroic achievement heroic enactment heroic recognition holiness Homer honor human excellence ideal Ignatius Iliad imitation irony Jesus labor literary lives ment messianic Milton narrative Nazism obedience Odysseus offers Oran ordinary ourselves Paneloux participation passion Patroclus pattern Paul Paul's pietas plague Plato poetic Polycarp potency Priam quest Rambert readers reading recognize Redcrosse resistance Rieux role Rome Satan says scene seems Socrates souls speech Spenser spiritual story suffering supplication surpassing Tarrou temptation tîmê tion transparency to Christ triumph Trojans Troy Turnus Vergil victory virtue vision warrior