Overview
From the Nobel Prizeāwinning playwright behind Pygmalion and Saint Joan, a collection of his critical writings on religion.
The Critical Shaw: On ReligionĀ is a comprehensive selection of renowned Irish playwright and Nobel Laureate Bernard Shawās pronouncementsāmany of them deliberately inflammatoryāon all facets of religion and belief: on Christianity and the Church; on various religions, among them Protestantism, Catholicism, Quakerism, Christian Science, Fundamentalism, Calvinism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam; on atheism and agnosticism, atonement and salvation; the crucifixion, the resurrection, transubstantiation, and the Immaculate Conception; on the Bible, the Ten Commandments, theĀ Book of Common Prayer, and the Thirty-nine Articles of the Anglican Church. And much more. In speeches, essays, and prefaces, Shaw relentlessly scrutinized and critiqued scores of religionsāonly to find most of their doctrines in need of exhaustive reform. And yet, in keeping with his many other paradoxes, though Shaw was fond of calling himself an atheist, he nonetheless recognized the importance, indeed the necessity, of religion.
The Critical ShawĀ series brings together, in five volumes and from a wide range of sources, selections from Bernard Shawās voluminous writings on topics that exercised him for the whole of his professional career: Literature, Music, Politics, Religion, and Theater. The volumes are edited by leading Shaw scholars, and all include an introduction, a chronology of Shawās life and works, annotated texts, and a bibliography. The series editor is L.W. Conolly, literary adviser to the Shaw Estate and former president of the International Shaw Society.This book title, Bernard Shaw on Religion, ISBN: 9780795348969, by George Bernard Shaw, Michel Pharand, published by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (February 29, 2016) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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