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Bernard Schweizer

Bernard Schweizer, a Professor Emeritus of English at Long Island University in Brooklyn, is a widely respected writer and teacher. Originally from Switzerland, Prof. Schweizer believes passionately in encouraging a living interaction between literature and culture. He specializes in the study of iconoclasts, rebels, and jokesters. His most recent book is Christianity and the Triumph of Humor: From Dante to David Javerbaum.

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Religion Dispatches
Elie Wiesel lost millions to Madoff because, he says, “we thought he was God.”
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Religion Dispatches
A reviewer misses the point. To be an atheist is to deny God’s existence, not to become enraged about God’s acts (or lack thereof).
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Religion Dispatches
Just when you thought that “new atheism” marked a radical turn, along comes an even more rebellious concept of religious dissent: misotheism.
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