Hating god : the untold story of misotheism / Bernard Schweizer.

Author/creator Schweizer, Bernard, 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Descriptionviii, 246 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents pt. 1. A brief history of misotheism -- pt. 2. Six case studies in literary misotheism. Absolute misotheism I : paganism, radicalism, and Algernon Swinburne's war against God ; Agonistic misotheism I : faith, doubt, and Zora Neale Hurston's resistance to God ; Agonistic misotheism II : bad fathers, historical crises, and Rebecca West's accusations against God ; Agonistic misotheism III : divine apathy, the Holocaust, and Elie Wiesel's wrestling with God ; Absolute misotheism II : perverse worshippers, divine avatars, and Peter Shaffer's attacks against God ; Absolute misotheism III : anticlericalism, deicide, and Philip Pullman's liberal crusade against God -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [231]-240) and index.
LCCN 2010006016
ISBN9780199751389 (hardcover)
ISBN0199751382 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks BT168 .S49 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold