Crisis of Faith

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4298-3825-2
Verlag: Salem Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Hardback

Reihe: Critical Insights

Exploration of theodicy, internal doubt and conflict, and secularism and other difficulties of faith when a belief system is seemingly compromised. <br><br>Rooted religiously in the texts of the Old and New Testament, the term crisis of faith is a common phrase that evokes intense spiritual strife and doubt, the eternal struggle between good and evil. Since that time, the term has become a pervasive theme of literature, manifesting itself within and embodying a broad range of human affairs and secular ideals, from the moral ambiguities of patriotism and war to mankind’s critical questioning of meaning and purpose in an increasingly modern world. <br><br>This volume in the <em>Critical Insights</em> series presents a variety of new essays on the perennial theme. For readers who are studying it for the first time, a four essays survey the critical conversation regarding the theme, explore its cultural and historical contexts, and offer close and comparative readings of key texts in the genre. Readers seeking a deeper understanding of the theme can then move on to other essays that explore it in depth through a variety of critical approaches. Works discussed include <em>Book of Job, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby,</em> and <em>All the King’s Men,</em> as well as the works of Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O’Connor, Emily Dickinson, and Wilfred Owen. Among the contributors are Jonathan Wright, Elizabeth Woodworth, Robert Klevay, and Lawrence Berkove. <br><br>Rounding out the volume are a list of literary works not mentioned in the book that concern the theme as well as a bibliography of critical sources for readers seeking to study this timeless theme in greater depth.<br><br>Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of ""Works Cited,"" along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources:<ul><li>About This Volume</li><li>Critical Context: Original Introductory Essays</li><li>Critical Readings: Original In-Depth Essays</li><li>Further Readings</li><li>Detailed Bibliography</li><li>Detailed Bio of the Editor</li><li>General Subject Index</li></ul>

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Über Autor(innen)

<strong>Robert C. Evans</strong> is Professor of English at Auburn University at Montgomery, USA.