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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... universe apart from the gods had led , as always , from reli- gious apostasy to political anarchy ; for as Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Jean - Paul Sartre were to agree some twenty - five hundred years later , if God does not exist ...
... universe apart from the gods had led , as always , from reli- gious apostasy to political anarchy ; for as Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Jean - Paul Sartre were to agree some twenty - five hundred years later , if God does not exist ...
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... universe ? The very thought corrodes the mind with intimations of annihilation . At the same time , man becomes aware that the universe in which he feels threatened is not itself unintelligible ; it is full of meaning deliberately ...
... universe ? The very thought corrodes the mind with intimations of annihilation . At the same time , man becomes aware that the universe in which he feels threatened is not itself unintelligible ; it is full of meaning deliberately ...
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... universe in Crane's fiction , the conditions of isolation and menace are intensified still further in his verse . ' " 16 This poem stands as a clear example of Hoffman's point . A man said to the universe : " Sir , I exist ! " " However ...
... universe in Crane's fiction , the conditions of isolation and menace are intensified still further in his verse . ' " 16 This poem stands as a clear example of Hoffman's point . A man said to the universe : " Sir , I exist ! " " However ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Ebb Tide of Faith | 17 |
The Abdication of Belief | 34 |
Copyright | |
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