内容

目次

Introduction: Arthur Dent, Screwtape, and the mysteries of storytelling; 1. Post-modernism, grand narratives, and Just-So stories; 2. Newtonand Kissinger: science as irony?; 3. Learning to say 'I': literature andsubjectivity; 4. Reconstructing religion: fragmentation, typology andsymbolism; 5. The ache in the missing limb: language, truth, and presence; 6.Twentieth-century fundamentalisms: theology, truth, and irony; 7. Science andreligion: language, metaphor, and consilience; Concluding observationalpostscript: the tomb of Napoleon; Bibliography.