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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... John- son's edition. Since Johnson's is still the edition most familiar to general readers (the audience I have in mind here) I have stuck with it. But for the convenience of readers who happen to have the Franklin text, I include his ...
... John- son's edition. Since Johnson's is still the edition most familiar to general readers (the audience I have in mind here) I have stuck with it. But for the convenience of readers who happen to have the Franklin text, I include his ...
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... John E. Jones III — though a nonactivist conservative jurist , a Christian , and a Bush appointee — was scathing , even derisive , in rejecting what he characterized as a doubly duplicitous attempt : first , to “ misrepresent well ...
... John E. Jones III — though a nonactivist conservative jurist , a Christian , and a Bush appointee — was scathing , even derisive , in rejecting what he characterized as a doubly duplicitous attempt : first , to “ misrepresent well ...
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... John Templeton Foundation to a dozen distin- guished scientists and scholars , ranged from no to yes , from unlikely , not sure , and perhaps to I hope so and certainly . Most scientists would agree with the respondent who answered ...
... John Templeton Foundation to a dozen distin- guished scientists and scholars , ranged from no to yes , from unlikely , not sure , and perhaps to I hope so and certainly . Most scientists would agree with the respondent who answered ...
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... John : the key text for Phillip Johnson , the architect of the ID movement , and William Dembski , its most prolific proponent , both of whom , avoiding the literalism of Gen- esis , identify Intelligent Design with the minimalist and ...
... John : the key text for Phillip Johnson , the architect of the ID movement , and William Dembski , its most prolific proponent , both of whom , avoiding the literalism of Gen- esis , identify Intelligent Design with the minimalist and ...
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... John McCain, was praised by right-wing provocateur Ann Coulter for holding positions " upsetting to the mainstream media " but. 14. James R. Guthrie, “Darwinian Dickinson: The Scandalous Rise and Noble Fall of the Common Clover,” 73. 17 ...
... John McCain, was praised by right-wing provocateur Ann Coulter for holding positions " upsetting to the mainstream media " but. 14. James R. Guthrie, “Darwinian Dickinson: The Scandalous Rise and Noble Fall of the Common Clover,” 73. 17 ...
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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