Lectures from Jack Miller: The Modern Theological Novel

“This is a must-read for anyone interested in the connection between the Christian faith and literature--or for that matter with any of the arts. Jack Miller had the unique gift of analyzing various literary texts theologically without sermonizing and with great respect for the different genres. Anyone passionate about the likes of Greene, Kafka, Camus, and Tolstoy will be deeply moved by these studies.”

“Lectures from Jack Miller is a wonderful surprise and a gift to Christians. Like many, I knew the books, but the professors who taught me about them didn't know Christ. They robbed me of understanding and wisdom. Jack Miller adds both. What a delight! Read this book! You'll rise up and call Jack Miller blessed for the gift he has given to us.”

“Those of us who have been profoundly influenced by the ministry of Jack Miller will likely have a sudden jolt of recognition reading this book. 'So, that's why he had such penetrating analysis of both the church and the culture! That's why he was able to speak so picturesquely and trenchantly to the issues of our revolutionary age!' This is a much-needed book for a whole new generation of Christians facing a rapidly changing, deeply challenging culture.”

“Jack Miller was a pastor, evangelist, church planter, and seminary professor. Many don't know that he was also a literary critic. In this compilation of lectures, he serves as an able guide for understanding and evaluating twentieth-century existentialist authors who have so profoundly influenced life as we know it. Miller listens carefully, modelling for us a posture of humility and compassion toward unbelievers. At the same time, he unabashedly maintains that 'If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”

“In this book, Jack Miller uses the comprehensive scope and sequence of literature and history to examine how human culture without God leads to the 'terrifying nothingness, ' with its ultimate 'the horror!' that threatens our life, art, music, culture, and very humanity. In each novel, Miller shows not only how history and culture have developed through the centuries but also how Scripture answers the kinds of questions with which good literature confronts the discerning reader.”