God Without Thunder
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God Without Thunder is a 1930 theological and cultural critique by poet and critic John Crowe Ransom that challenges modern secularism and the loss of a transcendent, fearsome concept of God.
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| God Without Thunder canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: God Without Thunder Context triple: [John Crowe Ransom, notableWork, God Without Thunder]
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A.
The Wrath of God
The Wrath of God is a 1972 adventure drama film set in 1920s Central America, starring Robert Mitchum as a gun-toting priest caught up in political and religious conflict.
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B.
World Without Sun
World Without Sun is a 1964 documentary film by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that chronicles an extended underwater living experiment in the Conshelf II habitat.
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C.
Lord of Heaven
Lord of Heaven is a divine epithet referring to the supreme celestial deity, particularly associated with the Yoruba high god Olodumare.
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D.
What the Thunder Said
"What the Thunder Said" is the apocalyptic, spiritually charged final section of T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem "The Waste Land," culminating its themes of desolation and the search for renewal.
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E.
Thunder in Paradise
Thunder in Paradise is a 1990s action-adventure television series starring Hulk Hogan as a former Navy SEAL who fights crime using a high-tech speedboat.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: God Without Thunder Target entity description: God Without Thunder is a 1930 theological and cultural critique by poet and critic John Crowe Ransom that challenges modern secularism and the loss of a transcendent, fearsome concept of God.
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A.
The Wrath of God
The Wrath of God is a 1972 adventure drama film set in 1920s Central America, starring Robert Mitchum as a gun-toting priest caught up in political and religious conflict.
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B.
World Without Sun
World Without Sun is a 1964 documentary film by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that chronicles an extended underwater living experiment in the Conshelf II habitat.
-
C.
Lord of Heaven
Lord of Heaven is a divine epithet referring to the supreme celestial deity, particularly associated with the Yoruba high god Olodumare.
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D.
What the Thunder Said
"What the Thunder Said" is the apocalyptic, spiritually charged final section of T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem "The Waste Land," culminating its themes of desolation and the search for renewal.
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E.
Thunder in Paradise
Thunder in Paradise is a 1990s action-adventure television series starring Hulk Hogan as a former Navy SEAL who fights crime using a high-tech speedboat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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cultural critique ⓘ theological critique ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge complacent modern religiosity
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restore a sense of divine transcendence ⓘ |
| argues |
that a transcendent, fearsome God has been replaced by a benign moral ideal
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that fear of God is essential to authentic religion ⓘ that modern religion has domesticated God ⓘ |
| author | John Crowe Ransom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
liberal Protestantism
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modern secularism ⓘ rationalized religion ⓘ |
| describes | loss of a transcendent God in modern culture ⓘ |
| discusses |
decline of the sense of the sacred
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impact of modern science on belief in God ⓘ relationship between science and religion ⓘ role of myth and symbol in religion ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
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religious criticism ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cultural analysis
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essays ⓘ theological reflections ⓘ |
| hasReception | regarded as an important early 20th-century work of religious criticism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fear and awe in religious experience
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sacred versus secular ⓘ tension between tradition and modernity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theology
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Southern Agrarian thought ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
concept of God
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modern secularism ⓘ modernity and religion ⓘ religious fear ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
| movement |
Southern Agrarianism
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linked to:
Southern Agrarians
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| notableWorkOf | John Crowe Ransom ⓘ |
| philosophicalPerspective |
anti-secular
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traditionalist ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1930 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt, Brace and Company
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linked to:
Harcourt Brace & World
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| relatedWork | I’ll Take My Stand ⓘ |
| setting | early 20th-century American culture ⓘ |
| timePeriodAddressed | modern era ⓘ |
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Subject: God Without Thunder Description of subject: God Without Thunder is a 1930 theological and cultural critique by poet and critic John Crowe Ransom that challenges modern secularism and the loss of a transcendent, fearsome concept of God.
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