A lecture or lecture series exploring the intersection of Christian theological tradition with the wonder tale and fairy tale genre, examining how Christian narrative incorporates and transforms the archetypal structures of folk wonder tales — miraculous intervention, transformation, quest, and divine encounter.
Illuminates how Christian hagiography, scripture, and theological imagination draw on and reshape the deep narrative grammar of wonder tales, showing the continuity between sacred story and folkloric archetype.
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