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xi s CoNTeNTs Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1 sounding the Depths of Dissonance 9 2 have We heard the end of the sermon? 23 3 Amen: The Assumption of Authority 43 4 Keeping Faith: The Troubled Preacher in Updike and Lodge 65 5 heaven in Ordinary: religious experience in Fictional sermons 83 6 Words: Poison in the ear, a Game with Language, or naming Truth? 103 7 shaping Paradise through Preaching 127 8 Memory and Imagination 153 epilogue 173 notes 177 bibliography 197 Index of biblical references 213 General Index 214 This page intentionally left blank ...

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