{"product_id":"the-book-of-god-9780812239799","title":"The Book of God","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Book of God manages to be at once ambitious, deliberate, and nuanced in its interconnecting conceptions of philosophy and literary criticism.-Orrin Wang, University of Maryland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An erudite, refreshing study of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century concept of intentional design that rethinks the equation of romanticism, modernity, and secularization underwriting romantic studies for the last fifty years. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of God\u003c\/i\u003e manages to be at once ambitious, deliberate, and nuanced in its interconnecting conceptions of philosophy and literary criticism.\" * Orrin Wang, University of Maryland *\u003cbr\u003e\"The claim that God's existence can be inferred from the order and intricacy of the world has an ancient lineage. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of God\u003c\/i\u003e explores the literary, philosophical, and theological inflection of this avowal in the context of encroaching secularism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. . . . It is a timely work, for the historical survey bears also on contemporary discussion. Some recent commentators have made much of the alleged incompatibly between science and religion. Colin Jager's sensitivity to the complexity of 'secularization' serves to subvert this binary thinking.\" * \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Nature is the Book of God\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Argument Against Design from Deism to Blake\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two. Arbitrary Acts of Mind: Natural Theology in Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three. Theory, Practice, and Anna Barbauld\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four. Natural Designs: William Paley, Immanuel Kant, and the Power of Analogy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five. Mansfield Park and the End of Natural Theology\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six. Wordsworth: The Shape of Analogy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven. Reading With a Worthy Eye: Secularization and Evil\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Eight. Religion Three Ways\u003cbr\u003e Afterword. Intelligent Design and Religious Ignoramuses; or, the Difference between Theory and Literature\u003cbr\u003e Endnotes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405713121623,"sku":"9780812239799","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812239799.jpg?v=1730493370","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-book-of-god-9780812239799","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}