Good News Resounding : Essays on Literature and Theology in Honor of Ralph C. Wood

Ralph C. Wood's teaching and writing career over fifty years helped readers and students be attentive to the way literature renders the theologically abstract concretely.Wood has modeled serious theological engagement and robust literary reflection in his writing on G.K. Chesterton, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Flannery O'Connor, among others. His books have shaped current and future generations of literary critics and theologians alike. Not as easily measured, Wood formed generations of undergraduate and graduate students in candid, sometimes brash, often comedic, and always critical engagements with theology and the arts.Avoiding what Flannery O'Connor deemed the two great follies of theologically oriented literature in the forms of pornography and sentimentality, Wood drew out theological themes without watering down the reality of suffering or the costly nature of the gospel.Good News Resounding honors Wood's contribution by continuing to follow in his footsteps, reflecting theologically