@phdthesis{mirarchi_faith_2002,
	title = {Faith of the {Unbelievers}: {Contemporary} {American} {Fiction} {Questions} {God}},
	shorttitle = {Faith of the {Unbelievers}},
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	abstract = {American Literature's most lauded writers of the past twenty years are obsessed with God. Their constant questioning of Him is even more curious in light of their personal atheism. Louise Glück insists that the unending pain and suffering of humanity must be accepted and endured before God can be approached, yet that very burden repels her from Him. Raymond Carver imposes religious conditions of faith and obedience on his characters, and only by fulfilling them can one make the leap of faith necessary for a spiritual vision. Cormac McCarthy believes in the power of Scripture but not in organized religion. His characters enact the mysteries of the Bible yet in their abject violence deprive the stories of any orthodox belief. Don DeLillo's most famous protagonist, White Noise's Jack Gladney, will not abandon his search for meaning beyond the empty surfaces of his postmodern world, refusing to believe that unbelief is inevitable. Collectively, these writers lead us down a path of faith, attracted yet reluctant, to a stunning conclusion: atheism under pressure transforms into negative theology.},
	language = {eng},
	urldate = {2022-10-05},
	school = {ProQuest Dissertations Publishing},
	author = {Mirarchi, Steven A.},
	year = {2002},
	note = {Book Title: Faith of the Unbelievers: Contemporary American Fiction Questions God
ISBN: 9780493598963},
	keywords = {American literature, Carver, Raymond, DeLillo, Don, Gluck, Louise (1943- ), Kristeva, Julia (1941- ), Literature, McCarthy, Cormac (1933- ), Modern literature, O Connor, Flannery (1925-1964), Percy, Walker (1916-1990), Theology},
}

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