Kazantzakis’ Philosophical and Theological Thought

Kazantzakis’ Philosophical and Theological Thought
Author: Jerry H. Gill
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2018-06-20
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3319938339

This book explores the philosophical and theological thought of Nikos Kazantzakis. Kazantzakis is a well-known and highly influential Greek writer, having authored such works as Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ, among many others. This volume focuses on the over-arching themes of Kazantzakis’ work, namely the importance of the natural world, the nature of humanity, and the nature of God, by means of an analysis of his major novels and other writings. Along the way attention is given to the views of the important scholars who have interacted with Kazantzakis’s works, including Peter Bien, Darren Middleton, and Daniel Dombrowski.

God's Struggler

God's Struggler
Author: Darren J. N. Middleton
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780865544994

Argues that while Nikos Kazantzakis may have occupied the so-called borderlands between belief and unbelief throughout much of his career, he nonetheless possessed, or was possessed by, an intense awareness of the sacred. These 11 essays analyze in detail Kazantzakis's lifelong struggle to give voic

Kazantzakis and God

Kazantzakis and God
Author: Daniel A. Dombrowski
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1997-10-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781438401331

Examines the concept of God which emerges from the writings of Nikos Kazantzakis and argues that he was a process theist.

Kazantzakis’s Zorba the Greek

Kazantzakis’s Zorba the Greek
Author: Wook-Dong Kim
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2019-01-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1527524221

Adopting a pluralist approach, this book presents a detailed analysis of Zorba the Greek (1946), by Nikos Kazantzakis, recognised as one of the greatest writers Greece has produced since the days of Homer and the Ancient Greek dramatists. Acclaimed both as a modern classic and as an international bestseller, the novel has increasingly gained popularity not only in the Western world, but also in East Asia. This text reads Kazantzakis’s novel from five different critical perspectives: formalist, existentialist, feminist, ecocritical, and intercultural. As such, it will be useful to literary critics, scholars, and general readers, as well as any person interested in literary criticism and theory.

In Search of Transcendence

In Search of Transcendence
Author: Jerry H. Gill
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2017-07-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004349715

This book explores the philosophical/religious thought of Soren Kierkegaard, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Nikos Kazantzakis in relation to the concept of transcendence. Each of these thinkers has made a strong impact on Western religious and philosophical thought, but each from a nearly completely different angle as well as from a different national background. This comparative study therefore crosses both national and perspectival boundaries. Each of the three thinkers struggled with the notion of transcendence but in uniquely distinct fashion. The conclusion offers yet a third model, the author’s, for understanding transcendence focusing on the concept of “mediation”.

Truths Up His Sleeve: The Times of Michael Cacoyannis

Truths Up His Sleeve: The Times of Michael Cacoyannis
Author: John Howard
Publisher: Universitat de València
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2022-04-13
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 8491349588

This first critical biography of radio broadcaster, stage director, and auteur filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis examines his prolific body of work within the socio-political context of his times. Best known as a bold modernist for triple-Oscar-winner ‘Zorba the Greek’, Michael likewise was hailed as an astute classicist for his inventive interpretations of Euripides. Working across several continents and languages, he forwarded feminist, humanist, and pacifist agendas, as he further innovated crafty LGBT narratives of unprecedented artistry and complexity. Despite intense persecution during the Cold War red scare and lavender scare, his casts and crews of frugal cosmopolitans critiqued racism, militarism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia. Avoiding censorship, job loss, and jail, Michael thereby laid foundations for the 1990s new queer cinema and set the stage for empowering dramas of socio-economic justice in the third millennium. Over his long life and productive career, Michael exposed and espoused the vital truths up his sleeve.

Kazantzakis and God

Kazantzakis and God
Author: Daniel A. Dombrowski
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1997-10-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780791434925

Not a stage comedy, but an exploration of Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis' (1883-1957) view of God, specifically of his attempt to develop a view superior to the traditional one. Finds that he chose Plato's approach over Aristotle and that though his theism is heterodox and controversial, it is a combination of views that grow out of solidly orthodox concerns and sources. No subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Novel Theology

Novel Theology
Author: Darren J. N. Middleton
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780865546240

Literature and theology constantly (de)construct each other. Suggesting that this (de)constructive assignment is one that cannot but be "in process itself," Middleton returns to it throughout his study.".

Broken Hallelujah

Broken Hallelujah
Author: Darren J. N. Middleton
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780739119273

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Kazantzakis's death, author Darren J. N. Middleton looks back on Kazantzakis's life and literary art to suggest that, contrary to popular belief, Kazantzakis and his views actually comport with the ideals of Christianity.