How Long to Read More Things in Heaven and Earth

How Long Does it Take to Read More Things in Heaven and Earth?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 17 minutes to read More Things in Heaven and Earth by Paul S. Fiddes

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Shakespeare’s plays are filled with religious references and spiritual concerns. His characters—like Hamlet in this book’s title—speak the language of belief. Theology can enable the modern reader to see more clearly the ways in which Shakespeare draws on the Bible, doctrine, and the religious controversies of the long English Reformation. But as Oxford don Paul Fiddes shows in his intertextual approach, the theological thought of our own time can in turn be shaped by the reading of Shakespeare’s texts and the viewing of his plays. In More Things in Heaven and Earth, Fiddes argues that Hamlet’s famous phrase not only underscores the blurred boundaries between the warring Protestantism and Catholicism of Shakespeare’s time; it is also an appeal for basic spirituality, free from any particular doctrinal scheme. This spirituality is characterized by the belief in prioritizing loving relations over institutions and social organization. And while it also implies a constant awareness of mortality, it seeks a transcendence in which love outlasts even death. In such a spiritual vision, forgiveness is essential, human justice is always imperfect, communal values overcome political supremacy, and one is on a quest to find the story of one’s own life. It is in this context that Fiddes considers not only the texts behind Shakespeare’s plays but also what can be the impact of his plays on the writing of doctrinal texts by theologians today. Fiddes ultimately shows how this more expansive conception of Shakespeare is grounded in the trinitarian relations of God in which all the texts of the world are held and shaped.

How long is More Things in Heaven and Earth?

More Things in Heaven and Earth by Paul S. Fiddes is 598 pages long, and a total of 154,284 words.

This makes it 202% the length of the average book. It also has 189% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read More Things in Heaven and Earth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 3 minutes to read More Things in Heaven and Earth aloud.

What Reading Level is More Things in Heaven and Earth?

More Things in Heaven and Earth is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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