Emily Dickinson's Approving God: Divine Design and the Problem of Suffering"Focusing on Emily Dickinson's poem "Apparently with no surprise," Keane explores the poet's embattled relationship with the deity of her Calvinist tradition, reflecting on literature and religion, faith and skepticism, theology and science in light of continuing confrontations between Darwinism and design, science and literal conceptions of a divine Creator"--Provided by publisher. |
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... book is a sweeping personal reflection on literature and religion , faith and skepticism , theology and science . He traces the evolving history of the Problem of Suffering from the Hebrew Scriptures ( Job and Ecclesiastes ) , through.
... book is a sweeping personal reflection on literature and religion , faith and skepticism , theology and science . He traces the evolving history of the Problem of Suffering from the Hebrew Scriptures ( Job and Ecclesiastes ) , through.
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... Book of Job , all of these at once . As a consequence , my approach to Emily Dickinson's poems and letters is both intrinsic ( much of the book consists of close reading of specific texts ) and comparative , or contextual . Those con ...
... Book of Job , all of these at once . As a consequence , my approach to Emily Dickinson's poems and letters is both intrinsic ( much of the book consists of close reading of specific texts ) and comparative , or contextual . Those con ...
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... books as The End of Faith (Harris), The God Delusion (Dawkins), Breaking the Spell (Dennett), God: The Failed ... Book of Job, and in Shakespeare's deepest tragedy, King Lear—by the sheer amount of undeserved suffering in a world ...
... books as The End of Faith (Harris), The God Delusion (Dawkins), Breaking the Spell (Dennett), God: The Failed ... Book of Job, and in Shakespeare's deepest tragedy, King Lear—by the sheer amount of undeserved suffering in a world ...
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... Book of Job , which , perhaps first and certainly most sublimely , dramatized the perennial problem of God's role in a world of undeserved suffering . As style and content make clear , the framing sections — the prose prologue and ...
... Book of Job , which , perhaps first and certainly most sublimely , dramatized the perennial problem of God's role in a world of undeserved suffering . As style and content make clear , the framing sections — the prose prologue and ...
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... Job “ out of the whirlwind ” remains as enigmatic as the suffering he permits ( even initiates ) and ... Book of Job anticipates Shakespeare's greatest tragedy , which poses perspectives both on The Poem and Images of God 29.
... Job “ out of the whirlwind ” remains as enigmatic as the suffering he permits ( even initiates ) and ... Book of Job anticipates Shakespeare's greatest tragedy , which poses perspectives both on The Poem and Images of God 29.
Contents
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Einsteins Spinozistic God | 42 |
The Contemporary Debate | 58 |
Chapter 4 Design Challenged and Defended | 76 |
Chapter 5 Emily Dickinson on Christ and Crucifixion | 91 |
Apparently with no Surprise and Related Scenarios | 107 |
Chapter 7 Design and Accident | 118 |
Chapter 10 Flowers and Thoughts Too Deep for Tears | 160 |
Chapter 11 Questioning Divine Benevolence | 174 |
Believing and Disbelieving | 191 |
MultiPerspectivism in Interpretation | 205 |
Derek Mahons A Disused Shed in Co Wexford | 215 |
Bibliography | 225 |
Index of First Lines | 237 |
General Index | 241 |
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