Figures of Heresy: Radical Theology in English and American Writing, 1800-2000

by Jonathan Taylor

God is dead, ' Nietzsche famously declared in The Gay Science; but this book will investigate God's surprising persistence and resurrection in the works of even the most seemingly atheistic of writers, who continue to deploy Judaic and Christian narratives and tropes even as they radically rewrite them in the face of new cultural, political and scientific imperatives. Contributors explore the range, power and implication of Christian and Jewish heresies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845190262
• ISBN13: 9781845190262
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.6"