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1、Literature and TruthDavid Lyle JeffreyDavid Lyle Jeffrey（1941- ） known as a medievalist and as a scholar of biblical tradition in western literature and art graduated from Wheaton College and received a PhD from Princeton University subsequently became professor in some universities, e.g. University

2、 of Rochester, University of Ottawa, Peking University (Beijing) and University of International Business and Economics (Beijing) etc. teaches courses on the Bible as literature, medieval exegesis, biblical hermeneutics and literary theory, biblical tradition in the arts, and philosophy of art (aest

3、hetics) A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature (1992); The Law of Love: English Spirituality in the Age of Wyclif (1988; 2001); People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture (1996) ; Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture (2003); a co-authored b

4、ook on The Bible and the University ( 2007).More recently, Christianity and Literature: Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice (IVP, 2011) The King James Bible and the World it Made (2011) In the Beauty of Holiness: Art and the Bible in Western Culture (2017):Christian FoundationsGregory Ma

5、illet(P153-183) Relationship between Christianity and literature Matters of Fact - and Fiction Truth and Consequences Three Theories of Truth A Biblical Illustration Conclusion LiteratureTruth and 1.Correspondence theory2.Coherence theory3.Pragmatic theory(P153-183) Relationship between Christianity

6、 and literature Matters of Fact - and Fiction Truth and Consequences Three Theories of Truth A Biblical Illustration Conclusion LiteratureTruth and 1.Correspondence theory2.Coherence theory3.Pragmatic theoryPart Relationship What has Jesus Christ (Christianity) to do with English Literature?1. Histo

7、rical reality English literature includes a large number of influential Christian writers, e.g. Edmund Spenser, John Milton, John Bunyan.2. Influence of religious worldview on literature Faith determines aesthetic form, literary form in turn “represents” reality, which is a distinctive way to enable

8、 readers to see the world.3. The requirement of Christian literature Christian literature often requires of readers both interpretative and evaluative response.Part Matters of Fact - and Fictionthe relationship between fiction/ literature and truth The ways to explore the relationship:1. Via insight

9、 and interpretation of the world, fiction is ethically responsible means of truth and human wisdom. 2. Via distinction between true and false analogy fable/ fiction truth news/ history loss of truth Part Truth and Consequences1. One of the three transcendentals (the true, the good, and the beautiful

10、) Aesthetics in the Christian literature are always concerned with it.2. A fundamental approach to being, love and the beautifulPart Three Theories of Truth1. Correspondence theory objective and mind independent A claim is true if it corresponds to the related facts or external reality.2. Coherence

11、theory consistent A claim is true if it is logically consistent or coherent with the rest text in a set of propositions.3.Pragmatic theory subjective and relative A claim is true if it somehow “works” in a political or social sense. Part A Biblical IllustrationAhab(Israel)Jehoshaphat (Judah)Propheto

12、f Lord(Micaiah)DieSurvivedenybelieve1 Kings 22ConclusionSuggestions:1. Christian intelligence requires knowledge of reality as it is.2. People who hold values different from Christianity should also be respected. Denial of the existence of truth follows on denial of the existence of God. Relationshi

13、p between Christianity and literature Matters of Fact - and Fiction Truth and Consequences Three Theories of Truth A Biblical Illustration Conclusion LiteratureTruth and 1.Correspondence theory2.Coherence theory3.Pragmatic theoryWork Cited David Lyle Jeffrey, On Being a Slow Learner, in Paul. M. Anderson, ed., Professors Who Believe: The Spiritual Journeys of Christian Faculty (Carol Stream, IL: lnterVarsity Press, 1998), 217-2