The Emmaus Readers: Listening for God in Contemporary Fiction ed. by Susan M. Felch and Gary D. Schmidt (review)

• Published in: Christianity & literature Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 358 - 361
• Main Author: Zinck, Arlette
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Malibu Johns Hopkins University Press 2011
• Subjects: Children; Christianity; Compassion; Conversation; Fiction; Graphic novels; Literary characters; Literature; Narrative techniques; Narrative theme; Questions; Readers; Readership; Reading; Schmidt, Gary D; Silence; Spirituality; Subjectivity; Theme

In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: 358 CHRISTIANITY AND LITERATURE social reform and a compassion for those normally kept on the other side of sacred thresholds. He understands that the Rev. Emmett in Tyler's Saint Maybe is not a meddler in the grief-filled life of...