From a Christian Ghetto: Letters of Ghostly Wit, Written A.D. 2453
| Title | From a Christian Ghetto: Letters of Ghostly Wit, Written A.D. 2453 |
| Year for Search | 1954 |
| Authors | MacGregor, [John] Geddes |
| Tertiary Authors | MacGregor, Geddes |
| Date Published | 1954 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Male author, UK author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia. Authoritarian with a heavy use of drugs. It is anti-religious and anti-intellectual with a limit of twenty minutes on any single subject in universities. Christianity is considered a disease, and Christians are limited to ghettos, tortured, and always liable to punishment. Presented through the letters from a Christian professor to his student. The teacher is martyred at the end. |
| Holding Institutions | L, LLL |
| Author Note | The author is an Episcopalian priest, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a recipient of the California Literature Award. |
| Full Text | 1954 MacGregor, [John] Geddes. From a Christian Ghetto: Letters of Ghostly Wit, Written A.D. 2453. Dystopia. Authoritarian with a heavy use of drugs. It is anti-religious and anti-intellectual with a limit of twenty minutes on any single subject in universities. Christianity is considered a disease, and Christians are limited to ghettos, tortured, and always liable to punishment. Presented through the letters from a Christian professor to his student. The teacher is martyred at the end. The author is an Episcopalian priest, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a recipient of the California Literature Award. |
