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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... evil in the world ? Examining Dickinson's perspectives on the role played by a supposedly omnipotent and all- loving God in a world marked by violence and pain , Patrick Keane initially focuses on her poem " Apparently with no surprise ...
... evil in the world ? Examining Dickinson's perspectives on the role played by a supposedly omnipotent and all- loving God in a world marked by violence and pain , Patrick Keane initially focuses on her poem " Apparently with no surprise ...
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... evil in order to redeem and renew the world ; and both are ready to release untopi n myth of violence to actieve that pur- pose " ( " American Apocalypse , " Nation , December 2003 , quoted in Hedges , I Don't Believe in Atheists , 134 ) ...
... evil in order to redeem and renew the world ; and both are ready to release untopi n myth of violence to actieve that pur- pose " ( " American Apocalypse , " Nation , December 2003 , quoted in Hedges , I Don't Believe in Atheists , 134 ) ...
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... evil can lead to a greater good — is at least potentially applicable in terms of the seasonal cycle of life , death , and rebirth . That vegetative version of the greater - good argument takes the form , in John 12:24 , of Christ's ...
... evil can lead to a greater good — is at least potentially applicable in terms of the seasonal cycle of life , death , and rebirth . That vegetative version of the greater - good argument takes the form , in John 12:24 , of Christ's ...
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... evil work that is done under the sun ” ( Eccles . 1 : 9 , 4 : 3 ) . Tone and setting alike suggest that Emily Dickinson , who alludes in many poems and letters to the bleak , almost nihilistic ( and yet genuine , often carpe diem ) ...
... evil work that is done under the sun ” ( Eccles . 1 : 9 , 4 : 3 ) . Tone and setting alike suggest that Emily Dickinson , who alludes in many poems and letters to the bleak , almost nihilistic ( and yet genuine , often carpe diem ) ...
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... evil , life out of “ apparent ” death . Finally , there were those who stressed the random cruelty of the “ beheading , ” the leisurely departure of the “ Assassin , ” and the movement overhead of the “ unmoved ” ( unfeeling ) sun . In ...
... evil , life out of “ apparent ” death . Finally , there were those who stressed the random cruelty of the “ beheading , ” the leisurely departure of the “ Assassin , ” and the movement overhead of the “ unmoved ” ( unfeeling ) sun . In ...
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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