Modes of faith: secular surrogates for lost religious belief

In the decades surrounding World War I, religious belief receded in the face of radical new ideas such as Marxism, modern science, Nietzschean philosophy, and critical theology. Modes of Faith addresses both this decline of religious belief and the new modes of secular faith that took religion'...

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Contributors: Ziolkowski, Theodore 1932-2020 (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press c2007
In:Year: 2007
Further subjects:B Religion and literature History 20th century Europe
B Secularism History 20th century Europe
B SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology of Religion
B Europe
B Implicit Religion (Europe) History 20th century
B Religion
B Europe Religion 20th century Europe
B European literature History and criticism 20th century
B Implicit Religion
B Religion and literature
B History
B European literature
B Religion and literature (Europe) History 20th century
B Secularism (Europe) History 20th century
B Implicit Religion History 20th century Europe
B Secularism in literature
B European literature 20th century History and criticism
B Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc History
B Europe Religion 20th century
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Secularism
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Summary:In the decades surrounding World War I, religious belief receded in the face of radical new ideas such as Marxism, modern science, Nietzschean philosophy, and critical theology. Modes of Faith addresses both this decline of religious belief and the new modes of secular faith that took religion's place in the minds of many writers and poets. Theodore Ziolkowski here examines the motives for this embrace of the secular, locating new modes of faith in art, escapist travel, socialism, politicized myth, and utopian visions. James Joyce, he reveals, turned to art as an escape while Hermann Hesse made
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-272) and index. - Description based on print version record
ISBN:0226983668