"The Sacred Romance"

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This paper examines the book, which is a type of self-help book, whereby, instead of encouraging readers to improve their external relationships with others and to find fulfillment with common cultural constructs and narratives of male and female sexual relationships, the reader is encouraged to first establish a fulfilling relationship of love and devotion with the divine essence as a Christian. It explains that the book is particularly inspiring to a Christian seeking an artistic or literary life because the authors see the relationship between humanity and God as a romantic, as well as a theological, narrative.

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"The summary narrative of the book takes the form of the two authors relating experiences of their own life, in religious terms, and relating these personal experiences to the books of the Bible and other religious texts such as Milton's "Paradise Lost." The main Biblical texts the authors draw from are the gospel narratives, the prophetic narratives, and the Song of Solomon, the most poetic and metaphorical "love text" of the Hebraic Bible. The metaphorical romance of church and believer in Jesus' words, in the letters of Paul, and of Solomon's Song provide the metaphorical justification for the theological tale of romance Curtis and Eldridge spin."

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