Bernard Lightman

A Novel Hope?

Theology

“Lively and erudite, Woodley’s study of the eschatological dimension of British literature and theology sheds new light on the status of universalism in the Victorian period. Woodley shows that universalism—the belief that all will be saved in the end—became a widely accepted solution to the unsettling impact of biblical criticism and new scientific discoveries.”

On Poetry and Philosophy

Philosophy

“In this erudite, yet accessible, study of the deeper relationship between poetry, philosophy, and religion, Brayton Polka demonstrates once again why he is a master of interdisciplinary scholarship. By way of a brilliant analysis of two important pioneers of modernity, Immanuel Kant and William Wordsworth, Polka shows how the language of philosophy and poetry are ultimately metaphorical in nature, as they both transport readers from the finite natural world to the infinite world of spirit.”