{"product_id":"9780226983660","title":"Modes of Faith: Secular Surrogates for Lost Religious Belief","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the decades surrounding World War I, religious belief receded in the face of radical new ideas such as Marxism, modern science, Nietzschean philosophy, and critical theology. \u003ci\u003eModes of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e addresses both this decline of religious belief and the new modes of secular faith that took religion’s place in the minds of many writers and poets.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Theodore Ziolkowski here examines the motives for this embrace of the secular, locating new modes of faith in art, escapist travel, socialism, politicized myth, and utopian visions. James Joyce, he reveals, turned to art as an escape while Hermann Hesse made a pilgrimage to India in search of enlightenment. Other writers, such as Roger Martin du Gard and Thomas Mann, sought temporary solace in communism or myth. And H. G. Wells, Ziolkowski argues, took refuge in utopian dreams projected in another dimension altogether.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rooted in innovative and careful comparative reading of the work of writers from France, England, Germany, Italy, and Russia, \u003ci\u003eModes of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical masterpiece by a distinguished literary scholar that offers an abundance of insight to anyone interested in the human compulsion to believe in forces that transcend the individual.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073506590960,"sku":"9780226983660","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780226983660_p0.jpg?v=1763674850","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780226983660","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}