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Can I read Religion Without Belief : Contemporary Allegory and the Search for Postmodern Faith on EtoBox?
Religion Without Belief : Contemporary Allegory and the Search for Postmodern Faith by Jeanne Ellen Petrolle is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Religion Without Belief : Contemporary Allegory and the Search for Postmodern Faith about?
In our present cultural moment, when God is supposed to be dead and metaphysical speculation unfashionable, why does postmodern fiction—in a variety of genres—make such frequent use of the ancient rhetorical form of allegory? In Religion without Belief, Jean Ellen Petrolle argues that contrary to popular understandings of postmodernism as an irreligious and amoral climate, postmodern allegory remains deeply engaged in the quest for religious insight. Examining a range of films and novels, this b
Who reads Religion Without Belief : Contemporary Allegory and the Search for Postmodern Faith?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Jeanne Ellen Petrolle
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press; SUNY Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780791472422
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Religion, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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