Table of contents : Front Matter ......Page 1 About The Book ......Page 2 About The Series: Ashgate Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts ......Page 3 Copyright ......Page 5 Table of Contents ......Page 6 Acknowledgments ......Page 8 Abbreviations ......Page 10 Introduction: The Baptized Imagination and Theology ......Page 12 1. Calvinist and Celtic: MacDonald's Context and Early Influences ......Page 20 2. Classical and Literary Influences on MacDonald's Life and Thought ......Page 36 3. British Theological Influences ......Page 60 4. MacDonald's Theology of the Imagination ......Page 78 5. Imagination and Theological Transformation ......Page 106 6. Renewed Vision of Humanity ......Page 132 7. Renewed Vision of Suffering, Aging, and Death ......Page 158 Conclusion: An Assessment of MacDonald's Imaginative Approach to Theology and His Theology of the Imagination ......Page 182 Bibliography ......Page 192 Indices ......Page 204