The Atheistic Imagination

Amir Hussain

The Atheistic Imagination

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Abstract

"I want to reflect on the work of three ... writers of imaginative fiction in English, all of them living, each of them directly reacting against the faith of his fathers--and against the faith of their mothers as well. Those three writers are the American, Philip Roth, the Irishman, Colm Tóibín, and the British Indian, Salman Rushdie. All at one time or another have outraged their former co-religionists. I wish to examine some of the writings of each of these contemporary writings to see what they criticize about their ancestral faith, and to interrogate what people of Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith might learn from these critiques."

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	The Atheistic Imagination
Subtitle of host publication	A Challenge for Jews, Christians and Muslims
Publisher	Fordham University
Pages	30-37
State	Published - 2012

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Religion

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