Dismissing God: Modern Writers' Struggle Against ReligionIn the past two centuries many leading writers have held their quarrel with God. In Dismissing God, D. Bruce Lockerbie explores the nature of this quarrel by examining the lives, beliefs, and works of more than twenty European and American author. |
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... letter , " You cannot imagine the terrible torment the desire to believe has caused and still causes me , for it is a desire that grows all the stronger in my heart the more arguments I have against it . " 20 Yet , after her childhood ...
... letter , " You cannot imagine the terrible torment the desire to believe has caused and still causes me , for it is a desire that grows all the stronger in my heart the more arguments I have against it . " 20 Yet , after her childhood ...
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... letter A on her person . In fact , Hester Prynne is more fortunate than some : Hawthorne tells us , in a footnote , that a historical adulteress in New England had the letter burned into her forehead . At the very moment she is placed ...
... letter A on her person . In fact , Hester Prynne is more fortunate than some : Hawthorne tells us , in a footnote , that a historical adulteress in New England had the letter burned into her forehead . At the very moment she is placed ...
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... Letters of Emily Dickinson , vol . 1 ( Cambridge : Harvard University Press , 1958 ) , 27 ( letter dated 31 January 1846 ) . 5. Johnson , Letters , vol . 1 , 27-28 ( letter dated 31 January 1846 ) . 6. Johnson , Letters , vol . 2 , 473 ...
... Letters of Emily Dickinson , vol . 1 ( Cambridge : Harvard University Press , 1958 ) , 27 ( letter dated 31 January 1846 ) . 5. Johnson , Letters , vol . 1 , 27-28 ( letter dated 31 January 1846 ) . 6. Johnson , Letters , vol . 2 , 473 ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Ebb Tide of Faith | 17 |
The Abdication of Belief | 34 |
Copyright | |
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