num_pages: 170
description: This study of Walter Wangerin Jr.'s writing is the first in-depth study of his major works to appear. It traces the themes of our relationships with one another, with nature, and with God, of alienation, sin, forgiveness, hope and resurrection through his major works. It relates these themes to the mythic elements in his works and attempts to convey to the reader the symbolic and practical value of his writings. In addition to tracing the major themes, the work presents Wangerin's theories of writing, of nature, and of the essential role of the story teller in our culture. The work also discusses the major elements of Wangerin's theological understandings. The work "is evocative without being esoteric. One doesn't have to be of the 'in' crowd to know what it is talking about."
language: English
title: Shaping Our Lives with Words of Power: a Study of the Major Works of Walter Wangerin, Jr.
titlecomplete: Shaping Our Lives with Words of Power: a Study of the Major Works of Walter Wangerin, Jr.
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Greenleaf-Witcop Press