Pastors in the Classics

Throughout the history of English literature church ministers have figured prominently in novels plays morality tales and even poetry. Pastors in the Classics is a unique unprecedented collection of relevant literary masterpieces in which the pastor's experience is a major part of the story. Part 1 is a reader's guide to twelve important classics written over four centuries and covering seven different nationalities. Each chapter not only describes and interprets the work in question it also highlights a specific feature of pastoral ministry explored in the work. Part 2 is a handbook that defines the canon of literary masterpieces that deal with the pastor's experience offering reading suggestions for both ministers and lovers of literature. From the familiar (The Canterbury Tales; Cry the Beloved Country; and The Scarlet Letter) to the lesser-known (SilenceWitch Wood) to the surprising (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) this collection uncovers the good the bad and the ugly ways in which pastors have been presented to the reading public for the past half millennium.