Mansions of the Spirit: Essays in Literature and ReligionGeorge A. Panichas |
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... attempt of proponents of one such attitude to argue that that attitude is Christian and religious is an extraneous and debatable claim , which adds nothing to the value of a metaphysical analysis and only befogs its purpose . The upshot ...
... attempt of proponents of one such attitude to argue that that attitude is Christian and religious is an extraneous and debatable claim , which adds nothing to the value of a metaphysical analysis and only befogs its purpose . The upshot ...
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... attempt to recover an absent God in mid- nineteenth - century poetry , Victorian fiction follows a different track . The novel shows man forgetting the death of God and attempting to establish a purely human world based on interpersonal ...
... attempt to recover an absent God in mid- nineteenth - century poetry , Victorian fiction follows a different track . The novel shows man forgetting the death of God and attempting to establish a purely human world based on interpersonal ...
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... attempts to escape from this problem by effecting a compromise between Christianity and the secular humanism of the pagan tradition . The first great attempt was made in the Middle Ages when Aristotle , Virgil , and even Ovid were ...
... attempts to escape from this problem by effecting a compromise between Christianity and the secular humanism of the pagan tradition . The first great attempt was made in the Middle Ages when Aristotle , Virgil , and even Ovid were ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
PART I | 28 |
HYATT H WAGGONER Point of View in Ameri | 47 |
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