The Death of Adam
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The Death of Adam is a collection of essays by Marilynne Robinson that critically reexamines Western intellectual history, religion, and culture through a theologically informed and humanistic lens.
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| The Death of Adam canonical | 4 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Death of Adam Context triple: [Marilynne Robinson, notableWork, The Death of Adam]
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The Death of Adam
The Death of Adam is a concept-driven hip-hop album by producer 88-Keys that tells a narrative about relationships, infidelity, and consequences through interconnected tracks and skits.
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The Death of Adam
The Death of Adam is a work by Cameroonian rapper and writer Charles Misodi Njapa, better known as Jovi, that reflects his distinctive blend of African cultural themes and contemporary artistic expression.
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The New Adam and Eve
"The New Adam and Eve" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that imagines a post-apocalyptic Boston explored by two newly created, innocent humans as a satirical reflection on society and human nature.
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Adam's Lament
Adam's Lament is a choral-orchestral composition by Arvo Pärt that reflects his signature tintinnabuli style and explores themes of human fallenness and spiritual sorrow.
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The Fall of Man
The Fall of Man is the biblical story describing how Adam and Eve’s disobedience in Eden introduced sin and suffering into the human condition.
- 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: The Death of Adam Target entity description: The Death of Adam is a collection of essays by Marilynne Robinson that critically reexamines Western intellectual history, religion, and culture through a theologically informed and humanistic lens.
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A.
The Death of Adam
The Death of Adam is a concept-driven hip-hop album by producer 88-Keys that tells a narrative about relationships, infidelity, and consequences through interconnected tracks and skits.
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B.
The Death of Adam
The Death of Adam is a work by Cameroonian rapper and writer Charles Misodi Njapa, better known as Jovi, that reflects his distinctive blend of African cultural themes and contemporary artistic expression.
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C.
The New Adam and Eve
"The New Adam and Eve" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that imagines a post-apocalyptic Boston explored by two newly created, innocent humans as a satirical reflection on society and human nature.
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D.
Adam's Lament
Adam's Lament is a choral-orchestral composition by Arvo Pärt that reflects his signature tintinnabuli style and explores themes of human fallenness and spiritual sorrow.
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E.
The Fall of Man
The Fall of Man is the biblical story describing how Adam and Eve’s disobedience in Eden introduced sin and suffering into the human condition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Marilynne Robinson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
consumer culture
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modern secularism ⓘ reductive views of human nature ⓘ simplistic readings of Darwinism ⓘ |
| explores |
dignity of the human person
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history of religious ideas ⓘ moral imagination ⓘ relationship between faith and reason ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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literary criticism ⓘ theological non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essay "Darwinism"
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linked to:
Darwinism by Alfred Russel Wallace
essay "Facing Reality" ⓘ essay "Family" ⓘ essay "Psalm Eight" ⓘ essay "Puritans and Prigs" ⓘ essay "The Death of Adam" ⓘ essay "The Fate of Ideas" ⓘ essay "The Proof" ⓘ essay "The Resurrection of the Ordinary" ⓘ essay "The Tyranny of Petty Coercion" ⓘ essay "Theology" ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American Puritanism
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John Calvin ⓘ the Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to:
Reformation
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
essayistic
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meditative prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Calvinism
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Western intellectual history ⓘ biblical interpretation ⓘ culture ⓘ humanism ⓘ religion ⓘ science and religion ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of reductive scientific materialism
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defense of Calvin and Calvinism ⓘ integration of theology and literary criticism ⓘ reassessment of Puritanism ⓘ |
| perspective |
Reformed Christian
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humanistic ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
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