God interrupted : heresy and the European imagination between the world wars - Lazier, Benjamin, 1971- (Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008)
The Gnostic return -- God interrupted: Romans in Weimar -- Overcoming Gnosticism -- After Auschwitz, earth -- Pantheism revisited -- The Pantheism controversy -- From God to nature -- Natural right and Judaism -- Redemption through sin -- Jewish Gnosticism -- Raising Pantheism -- From nihilism to nothingness -- Scholem's golem.
Includes index.
Keywords: Jonas, Hans, -- 1903-1993.; Scholem, Gershom, -- 1897-1982.; Strauss, Leo; God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines -- 20th century; Jewish philosophy -- 20th century; Heresy -- History -- 20th century; Pantheism -- History -- 20th century; Gnosticism -- History -- 20th century; Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century