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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... Nature to rescue him from his predica- ment . God or Nature or Fate - called by whatever name one wishes - is under no obligation to strengthen a human being's precarious hold on life . Crane reworks this same theme in his least ...
... Nature to rescue him from his predica- ment . God or Nature or Fate - called by whatever name one wishes - is under no obligation to strengthen a human being's precarious hold on life . Crane reworks this same theme in his least ...
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... nature . " This is “ nature in the wind , " the romantic view of those who perceive - mis- takenly , Crane would insist — a kindly , sympathetic Nature ; a benevolent and placid Nature under the calming influence of the knowledge that ...
... nature . " This is “ nature in the wind , " the romantic view of those who perceive - mis- takenly , Crane would insist — a kindly , sympathetic Nature ; a benevolent and placid Nature under the calming influence of the knowledge that ...
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... Nature , or God , senses no anguish nor any feeling at all toward the endangered war correspondent — the human pencil - the loss of his life cre- ates no sense of cosmic or divine obligation . It means nothing more than " the breaking ...
... Nature , or God , senses no anguish nor any feeling at all toward the endangered war correspondent — the human pencil - the loss of his life cre- ates no sense of cosmic or divine obligation . It means nothing more than " the breaking ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Ebb Tide of Faith | 17 |
The Abdication of Belief | 34 |
Copyright | |
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