| Walter Miller's Canticle for Leibowitz: A Study of Apocalyptic Cycles Contributor(s): Smith, Cynthia (Author) |
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ISBN: 3639132823 ISBN-13: 9783639132823 Publisher: VDM Verlag OUR PRICE: $50.27 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2009 Annotation: Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a timeless story about apocalyptic cycles, conflicts and similarities between religion and science, religious ethics and secular ethics, sin and redemption, myth and preternatural innocence. Canticle is a very religious story about a monastery dedicated to preserving scientific knowledge from the time before nuclear war which devastated the world and reduced humanity to a pre-technological civilization. The Catholic Church and this monastery are portrayed as a bastion of civilization amidst barbarians and a light of faith amidst atheism. Unfortunately, humanity destroys the Earth once again, but Miller ends with two beacons of hope: a starship headed for the unknown to help humanity begin again and the preternaturally innocent Rachel who portends a future for similarly innocent human beings repopulating the Earth. Thus, faith ultimately triumphs over atheism even in the midst of almost total catastrophe. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Church - General |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6" W x 9" (0.35 lbs) 100 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |