Sunday April 23rd Prof. Chris Douglas, The Bible’s Many Gods. In person and on Zoom
Critical scholars of the Bible and the Ancient Near East recognize today that Biblical writers borrowed stories and characteristics from other local gods in order to fashion the God of Israel. This talk looks at a few such gods and a few such literary adaptations and suggests the way such questions of divine plurality and ancient storytelling have survived and transformed into the present day.
Dr. Christopher Douglas came to UVic in 2004. He teaches American literature, particularly contemporary American fiction, religion and literature, and the Bible as literature. His latest book, If God Meant to Interfere: American Literature and the Rise of the Christian Right, shows how American writers struggled to understand and respond to the unexpected emergence of the Christian Right in the United States.
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