The Faithful Reader: Essays on Biblical Themes in Literature

Table of Contents The Faithful Reader Foreword: Biblical Integration at Cedarville University............................ ix Jason K. Lee Editor’s Introduction..................................................................................... xv Justin D. Lyons Christian Virtues A Beautiful Life in Charlotte’s Web................................................................... 3 Emily Ferkaluk The Power of Mercy in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings..................... 7 Bryana Fern Love Begets Love: The Love of Lily and Harry. ...................................... 11 Alexis J. McKay Penelope’s Titus 2 Virtue............................................................................... 15 Emily Ferkaluk Sin and Human Nature The Enemy Within: Defoe’s Crusoe, A Portrait of Human Sinfulness... 23 Robert J. Clark How Not to Chase a Turkey: Flannery O’Connor and Self-Centered Ambition.......................................................................................................... 28 Stanley Schwartz Short of the Glory of God: Human Nature in Lord of the Flies. ............ 33 Mark Caleb Smith Sin and Repentance Sin and Forgiveness in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Ethan Brand”............. 41 Justin D. Lyons Scrooge and the Death That Gives Life..................................................... 45 Justin D. Lyons

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