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Word: antiexistentialist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Judging from passage in his short stories and novels. I thought that his position on religion might be antiexistentialist, though he detests labels and categories. Yet many of his characters are skepties. The God of Yascha. the profligate-turned-ascetic in The Magician of Lublin is a God who "revealed Himself to no one [and] gave no indications of what was permitted or forbidden." This deus absconditus appears in other stories as well. In "A Tale of Two Liars" Satan mocks a praying prisoner. "Are you stupid enough to still believe in the power of prayer? . . . There was enough prayer...

Author: By Paul G. Kleinman, | Title: Talking with Isaac Bashevis Singer | 4/9/1970 | See Source »

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