The Story
A historic collection of the radicals and freethinkers that sparked a country's journey through divinity--praising, challenging, and redefining the sacred.
Spanning more than 400 years of spiritual transformation and imagination, A Nation Wrestles with God collects diverse writers--poets, novelists, theologians, scientists, musicians, politicians, comedians, artists, mavericks, naturalists, futurists, and more--whose daring texts incited dialogue, even change, and continue to influence a growing nation. From the pre-colonial to the present day, these landmark stories, poems, essays, letters, speeches, songs, comic strips, and more awoke new generations to free religious thought. On the occasion of America's 250th year of independence, and during a time of deep idealogical division, this sweeping anthology is an urgent reminder of the pluralities that strengthen and unite us.
Author: Ilan Stavans
Publisher: Restless Books
Published: 06/30/2026
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781632064196
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2026
Publishers Weekly 06/01/2026
About the Author
Stavans, Ilan: - Ilan Stavans is the publisher of Restless Books and the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. His books include On Borrowed Words, Spanglish, Dictionary Days, The Disappearance, and A Critic's Journey. He has edited The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature, the three-volume set Isaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories, and The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, among dozens of other volumes. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Chile's Presidential Medal, the International Latino Book Award, and the Jewish Book Award. Stavans's work, translated into twenty languages, has been adapted to the stage and screen.
Description
A historic collection of the radicals and freethinkers that sparked a country's journey through divinity--praising, challenging, and redefining the sacred.
Spanning more than 400 years of spiritual transformation and imagination, A Nation Wrestles with God collects diverse writers--poets, novelists, theologians, scientists, musicians, politicians, comedians, artists, mavericks, naturalists, futurists, and more--whose daring texts incited dialogue, even change, and continue to influence a growing nation. From the pre-colonial to the present day, these landmark stories, poems, essays, letters, speeches, songs, comic strips, and more awoke new generations to free religious thought. On the occasion of America's 250th year of independence, and during a time of deep idealogical division, this sweeping anthology is an urgent reminder of the pluralities that strengthen and unite us.
Author: Ilan Stavans
Publisher: Restless Books
Published: 06/30/2026
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781632064196
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2026
Publishers Weekly 06/01/2026
About the Author
Stavans, Ilan: - Ilan Stavans is the publisher of Restless Books and the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. His books include On Borrowed Words, Spanglish, Dictionary Days, The Disappearance, and A Critic's Journey. He has edited The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature, the three-volume set Isaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories, and The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, among dozens of other volumes. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Chile's Presidential Medal, the International Latino Book Award, and the Jewish Book Award. Stavans's work, translated into twenty languages, has been adapted to the stage and screen.
