The Death of Adam
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The Death of Adam is a collection of essays by Marilynne Robinson that critically reexamines Western intellectual history, religion, and culture through a theologically informed and humanistic lens.
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| The Death of Adam canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
consumer culture
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modern secularism ⓘ reductive views of human nature ⓘ simplistic readings of Darwinism ⓘ |
| explores |
dignity of the human person
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history of religious ideas ⓘ moral imagination ⓘ relationship between faith and reason ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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literary criticism ⓘ theological non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essay "Darwinism"
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essay "Facing Reality" ⓘ essay "Family" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "Psalm Eight" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "Puritans and Prigs" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "The Death of Adam" ⓘ essay "The Fate of Ideas" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "The Proof" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "The Resurrection of the Ordinary" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "The Tyranny of Petty Coercion" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "Theology" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American Puritanism
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John Calvin ⓘ the Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
essayistic
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meditative prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Calvinism
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Western intellectual history ⓘ biblical interpretation ⓘ culture ⓘ humanism ⓘ religion ⓘ science and religion ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of reductive scientific materialism
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defense of Calvin and Calvinism ⓘ integration of theology and literary criticism ⓘ reassessment of Puritanism ⓘ |
| perspective |
Reformed Christian
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humanistic ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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