The death of Adam
Subtitle: essays on modern thought
By: Marilynne Robinson.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Theology -- United States -- History.; Calvinism -- United States.; United States -- Civilization -- 1945- -- Philosophy.; United States -- Civilization -- European influences.
Description: In the tradition of nineteenth-century novelists who turned to the essay, Marilynne Robinson offers an authoritative approach to refining the ideas our culture has handed down to us. Whether considering how the McGuffey readers were inspired by midwestern abolitionists; how creationism, "long owned by the Religious Right," has spurred on contemporary Darwinism; or how John Calvin, who was a Frenchman in Geneva, points to America's continental origins, Robinson writes with great conviction.