RELIGION / Essays

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Contemporary British poet Tony Williams is a founder of the verse-essay genre. This review examines the philosophically rich and visually sophisti­cated poetry of Tony Williams through the understanding of the poems “The Schopenhauer Chair,” “Waltzes,” “Gegenschein,” “Spiritual Exercises,” and “The North Transept at Chartres.” Williams combines the traditions of English Metaphysical poetry with contemporary verse-es…

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Three Essays on Religion: Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism is an 1874 book by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, published posthumously by his stepdaughter Helen Taylor, who also wrote the introduction. It is made up of three essays: "Nature" and the "Utility of Religion" were both written between 1850 and 1858, while "Theism" was composed between 1868 and 1870. The book criticises traditional reli…

Book · DOAB

Religion and nationalism are both powerful and important markers of individual identity, but the relationship between the two has been a source of considerable debate. Much, if not most, of the early work done in Nationalism Studies has been based, at least implicitly, on the idea that religion, as a genealogical carrier of identity, was displaced with the advent of secular modernity, which was caused by nationalism…

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In these three essays, "Nature," "The Utility of Religion," and "Theism," published between 1850 and 1870, English social and political philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) gives his most sustained analysis of religious belief. Though not prepared to abandon the idea of an overall design in nature, Mill nonetheless argues that its violence and capriciousness militate against moral ends in nature's workings. Mor…

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369 p. ; 22 cm