Deism
Kim McMurtry (kmcmurtry@montreat.edu)
Sat, 3 May 1997 18:49:09 -5000I am a graduate student in English at Western Carolina University, working on a thesis entitled
"Deism in Selected Novels of Cormac McCarthy." McCarthy is a southern fiction writer who has been
compared to Flannery O'Connor due his concerns about God and the meaning of human existence.
Critics have argued various interpretations of McCarthy's metaphysical assumptions, ranging from
nihilism to theism, and I am suggesting that a deistic view may reconcile the conflict between
these opposing views.
I give all of this background to ask: Can anyone offer resources for deism in the twentieth
century? I need to demonstrate that deism, although primarily an 18th century view, is still alive
in the 20th century.
Many thanks,
Kim McMurtry