Prof. Beth Hawkins' Reluctant Theologians is Published

April 27, 2003

April 27, 2003, Greencastle, Ind. - Reluctant Theologians: Franz Kafka, Paul Celan, Edmond Jabès, a book by Beth Hawkins, assistant professor of English at DePauw University, has been published by Fordham University Press.

A synopsis states, "Beth Hawkins focuses on the problematic faith in the works of Kafka, Celan, and Jabès to reevaluate the notions of God and covenant in light of Nietzsche's "death of God". In Reluctant Theologians, she shows that Kafka, Celan, and Jabès testify to a divine source that persists at the same time as it is being continuously reconstituted in the moment of writing. What connects them to a postmodern philosophy is their shared belief that a specifically Jewish ethic can serve as a model for a universal ethic."

Access the publisher's Web page on Dr. Hawkins' book here. You can order the book at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.

Read more about the professor by clicking here.

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