God Without Thunder
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God Without Thunder is a 1930 theological and cultural critique by poet and critic John Crowe Ransom that challenges modern secularism and the loss of a transcendent, fearsome concept of God.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| God Without Thunder canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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cultural critique ⓘ theological critique ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge complacent modern religiosity
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restore a sense of divine transcendence ⓘ |
| argues |
that a transcendent, fearsome God has been replaced by a benign moral ideal
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that fear of God is essential to authentic religion ⓘ that modern religion has domesticated God ⓘ |
| author | John Crowe Ransom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
liberal Protestantism
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modern secularism ⓘ rationalized religion ⓘ |
| describes | loss of a transcendent God in modern culture ⓘ |
| discusses |
decline of the sense of the sacred
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impact of modern science on belief in God ⓘ relationship between science and religion ⓘ role of myth and symbol in religion ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
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religious criticism ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cultural analysis
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essays ⓘ theological reflections ⓘ |
| hasReception | regarded as an important early 20th-century work of religious criticism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fear and awe in religious experience
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sacred versus secular ⓘ tension between tradition and modernity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theology
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Southern Agrarian thought ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
concept of God
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modern secularism ⓘ modernity and religion ⓘ religious fear ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
| movement | Southern Agrarianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | John Crowe Ransom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalPerspective |
anti-secular
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traditionalist ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1930 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harcourt, Brace and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | I’ll Take My Stand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | early 20th-century American culture ⓘ |
| timePeriodAddressed | modern era ⓘ |
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