Mansions of the Spirit: Essays in Literature and ReligionGeorge A. Panichas |
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... question is not likely to enable the critic to do justice to our literature . Examples at this point would surely do ... questions are meaningless , or determined to reduce all problems to the merely psycho- logical . It would be a ...
... question is not likely to enable the critic to do justice to our literature . Examples at this point would surely do ... questions are meaningless , or determined to reduce all problems to the merely psycho- logical . It would be a ...
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... question , “ Can one legitimately say that there is such a thing as religious literature , and , if so , precisely what is it that we are indicating by this term ? ” It is clear that this question can be asked with varied motivations ...
... question , “ Can one legitimately say that there is such a thing as religious literature , and , if so , precisely what is it that we are indicating by this term ? ” It is clear that this question can be asked with varied motivations ...
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... questions : Why do men suffer unjustly ? And why do men cause unmerited suffering to one another ? The first ... question arises , with equal urgency , in the case of a small child sent to the gas chambers in a concentration camp ...
... questions : Why do men suffer unjustly ? And why do men cause unmerited suffering to one another ? The first ... question arises , with equal urgency , in the case of a small child sent to the gas chambers in a concentration camp ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
PART I | 28 |
HYATT H WAGGONER Point of View in Ameri | 47 |
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