{"product_id":"bernard-shaw-on-religion-paperback","title":"Bernard Shaw on Religion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Bernard Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichel Pharand\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize-winning playwright behind \u003ci\u003ePygmalion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSaint Joan\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of his critical writings on religion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Critical Shaw: On Religion\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a comprehensive selection of renowned Irish playwright and Nobel Laureate Bernard Shaw's pronouncements--many of them deliberately inflammatory--on 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, the \u003ci\u003eBook of Common Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Thirty-nine Articles of the Anglican Church. And much more. In speeches, essays, and prefaces, Shaw relentlessly scrutinized and critiqued scores of religions--only 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Critical Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e series brings together, in five volumes and from a wide range of sources, selections from Bernard Shaw's 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 Shaw's 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed Irish playwright and Nobel laureate Bernard Shaw has left an indelible mark on Western theatre, culture, and politics. Over the course of his life, he wrote more than sixty plays that addressed prevailing social problems through comedy. Shaw was also a prolific essayist and lecturer on politics, economics and sociological subjects, and was eventually awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work that is marked by its use of stunning satire to encapsulate humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel W. Pharand\u003c\/b\u003e is general editor of \u003ci\u003eSHAW: The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. He is author of \u003ci\u003eBernard Shaw and the French\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), editor of \u003ci\u003eBernard Shaw and His Publishers\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and advisory editor to Palgrave Macmillan's book series \u003ci\u003eBernard Shaw and his Contemporaries\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 310\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749856608544,"sku":"9780795348969","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0d19409e936311b76015df65c17ec3dd.webp?v=1779939537","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bernard-shaw-on-religion-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}