Description: Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1Religion in Modern Fantasy Literature--A ­Cross-Disciplinary Approach Definitions and Classifications of Modern Fantasy Literature The Influence of Myths on the Religious Aspects of Modern Fantasy Phenomenology of Religion and the Study of Fantasy Literature Christianity in Fantasy Literature--Recent Studies 2The Christian Foundation of Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Introduction to The Chronicles Images of the Numinous The Numinous and Institutionalized Religion Other Faces of the Numinous Secondary Mythology, Instruments of Power, Sacred Places and Events Biblical References in the Figure of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever Christianity and Donaldson's Fictional Gods Christian Undertones in the Selected Themes of The Chronicles Christian Symbols and Language in The Chronicles The Chronicles and Christian Ethics Criticism of Institutional Religion Stephen Donaldson and the Religious Dimensions of The Chronicles 3Christianity as a Constituent of Religious Pluralism in Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry Introduction to The Fionavar Tapestry Images of the Numinous Other Faces of the Numinous Religious Practices and Institutions in the World of Fionavar The Protagonists' Experiences of the Numinous Diversity in the Structures of Fionavar's Secondary Religions Christianity and the Fionavarian Numinous Biblical Motifs and Christian Ethics in The Fionavar Tapestry Guy Gavriel Kay and the Religious Dimensions of The Fionavar Tapestry 4The Fantastic (De-)Evolution of Christianity in Celia S. Friedman's The Coldfire Trilogy Introduction to The Coldfire Trilogy Images of the Numinous The Church on Erna and other Religious Institutions The Church on Erna and Christianity Biblical References and Christian Morality in the Portrayal of the Protagonists Coldfire and the Motif of (Self-)Sacrifice Divine Grace and Salvation Through Faith Celia S. Friedman and the Religious Dimensions of The Coldfire Trilogy 5The Alternative Vision of Salvation Through Christ in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Series Introduction to the Mistborn Series Images of the Numinous Religious Institutions and the Process of Religious Reformation Deification Religious Pluralism in the Wax and Wayne Series Christian Elements in the Portrayal of the Fictional Numinous The Christ Figure and the Fictional Church Christianity and Ascension to Godhood Brandon Sanderson and the Religious Dimensions of the Mistborn Series Conclusion Chapter Notes Works Cited Index

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