God's Funeral by A N Wilson
By the end of the nineteenth century, almost all the great writers, artists and intellectuals had abandoned Christianity, and many had abandoned belief in God altogether. A.N. Wilson demonstrates through such diverse lives as those of Gibbon, Kant, and Marx, the doubt about religion had many sources. By 1900 the Church was vastly rich and powerful, but was seen by many as spiritually empty, however full its pews might be of a Sunday. Echoes of the death of God could be heard everywhere; in the revolutionary politics of Garibaldi and Lenin; in the poetry of Tennyson, the plays of Shaw and the novels of Hardy; in the philosophy of Hegel and in the work of Freud; in the first stirrings of feminism. Wilson's fascinating and challenging account shows how the decline of religious certainty in Victorian times had its origins with the eighteenth-century sceptics - but brought a devastating sense of emotional loss which extends to our own times.
Wilson's rare combination of extraordinary scholarship with an almost pathological sense of mischief makes him the most entertaining writer we have * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Excellent..Wilson has so clear a grasp of opposing principles and personalities that he is able effortlessly to make them live again -- Peter Ackroyd * The Times *
Wilson's extraordinary arc of knowledge and astonishing range of reading enables him to work highly effectively...his narrative is a model of scholarship and restraint -- Anthony Howard * Suday Times *
An illuminating analysis of Victorian religious doubt * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
An impressive sweep...Wilson asks us virtually to relive the ebbing of faith as it afflicted our ancestors -- John Casey * Evening Standard *
Excellent..Wilson has so clear a grasp of opposing principles and personalities that he is able effortlessly to make them live again -- Peter Ackroyd * The Times *
Wilson's extraordinary arc of knowledge and astonishing range of reading enables him to work highly effectively...his narrative is a model of scholarship and restraint -- Anthony Howard * Suday Times *
An illuminating analysis of Victorian religious doubt * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
An impressive sweep...Wilson asks us virtually to relive the ebbing of faith as it afflicted our ancestors -- John Casey * Evening Standard *
A. N. Wilson holds a prominent position in the world of letters and has been Literary Editor of both the EVENING STANDARD and the SPECTATOR. He has written lives of Sir Walter Scott (John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) and Tolstoy (Whitbread Award) amongst others, and is a celebrated novelist.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349112657 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349112657 |
| Title | God's Funeral |
| Author | A N Wilson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2000-03-02 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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