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in the phrase, “many are strong at the broken places,” but the pervasive tone{{pg|336|337}} is bleak. There seems an ''absence'' of God-language, providence, any orderly universe. So, have we not left the Garden for the wasteland?

Indeed we have. But this diction is still theological language. Mankind’s

Indeed we have. But this diction is still theological language. Mankind’s estrangement from the Garden may be part of Modernism, but it is at the heart of the biblical story—and another element in disenchantment. In Genesis, we read that “the LORD God drove [Adam] out of the garden of Eden,"{{sfn|1970|p=Gen. 3.23}} that “Cain went out from the LORD’s presence,"{{sfn|1970|p=Gen. 4.16}} becoming a “vagrant and a wanderer on earth."{{sfn|1970|p=Gen. 4.12}} Here is alienation—being a stranger, a fugitive. Linked with Hegel and early Marx, alienation has deep biblical roots. In God-language, all are sons of Adam and brothers to Cain.{{efn|“Alienation is the experience of being a stranger, ‘away from home,’ estranged from others and from oneself . . . Alienation is also a theme of the Scriptures as a whole. Adam’s eviction from Eden, Cain’s wandering as a fugitive, Israel’s servitude in Egypt and later exile in Babylon. All symbolize an alienation that is the lot of mankind. . . . from the 1940s, the word was used increasingly to describe social and cultural estrangement. Influences include the vast disorientation caused by World War II, and the writings of Weber, Kierkegaard, and Tillich. A major source was the newly discovered Economic and PhilosophicalManuscripts ofMarx. . . . Alienation, an important concept in social psychology, has its roots in a basic theological reality: that mankind is alienated from God, his fellows, and himself” (Vince 15){{sfn|Vince|1988|p=15}}}} Here, the rhetoric of modernism and Genesis intersect: Garden and wasteland belong both to a biblical vocabulary and also to the vocabulary of modernity.

estrangement from the Garden may be part of Modernism, but it is at the

heart of the biblical story—and another element in disenchantment. In Genesis,

we read that “the LORD God drove [Adam] out of the garden of ~~Eden”~~

~~(NEB~~, Gen. 3.23), that “Cain went out from the LORD’s ~~presence” (NEB~~,

Gen. 4.16), becoming a “vagrant and a wanderer on ~~earth” (NEB,~~ Gen. 4.12).

Here is alienation—being a stranger, a fugitive. Linked with Hegel and early

Marx, alienation has deep biblical roots. In God-language, all are sons of

Adam and brothers to Cain.13 Here, the rhetoric of modernism and Genesis

intersect: Garden and wasteland belong both to a biblical vocabulary and

also to the vocabulary of modernity.

=== Notes ===

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* {{cite journal |last=Stoneback |first=H.R. |title=Pilgrimage Variations: Hemingway's Sacred Landscapes |journal=Religion and Literature |volume=35.2/3 |issue= |date=2003 |pages=49-65 |ref=harv }}

* {{cite journal |last=Vince |first=Raymond M. |title=Alienation |journal=New Dictionary of Theology |location= Ed. Sinclair B. Ferguson, David F. Wright, and J.I. Packer. Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press, 1988 |ref=harv }}

* {{cite journal |last=Wagner-Martin |first=Linda |date=1987|title=Introduction |journal= New Essays on The Sun Also Rises |location= Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press |ref=harv }}

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 in the phrase, “many are strong at the broken places,” but the pervasive tone{{pg|336|337}} is bleak. There seems an ''absence'' of God-language, providence, any orderly universe. So, have we not left the Garden for the wasteland?
-Indeed we have. But this diction is still theological language. Mankind’s
+Indeed we have. But this diction is still theological language. Mankind’s estrangement from the Garden may be part of Modernism, but it is at the heart of the biblical story—and another element in disenchantment. In Genesis, we read that “the LORD God drove [Adam] out of the garden of Eden,"{{sfn|1970|p=Gen. 3.23}} that “Cain went out from the LORD’s presence,"{{sfn|1970|p=Gen. 4.16}} becoming a “vagrant and a wanderer on earth."{{sfn|1970|p=Gen. 4.12}} Here is alienation—being a stranger, a fugitive. Linked with Hegel and early Marx, alienation has deep biblical roots. In God-language, all are sons of Adam and brothers to Cain.{{efn|“Alienation is the experience of being a stranger, ‘away from home,’ estranged from others and from oneself . . . Alienation is also a theme of the Scriptures as a whole. Adam’s eviction from Eden, Cain’s wandering as a fugitive, Israel’s servitude in Egypt and later exile in Babylon. All symbolize an alienation that is the lot of mankind. . . . from the 1940s, the word was used increasingly to describe social and cultural estrangement. Influences include the vast disorientation caused by World War II, and the writings of Weber, Kierkegaard, and Tillich. A major source was the newly discovered Economic and PhilosophicalManuscripts ofMarx. . . . Alienation, an important concept in social psychology, has its roots in a basic theological reality: that mankind is alienated from God, his fellows, and himself” (Vince 15){{sfn|Vince|1988|p=15}}}} Here, the rhetoric of modernism and Genesis intersect: Garden and wasteland belong both to a biblical vocabulary and also to the vocabulary of modernity.
-estrangement from the Garden may be part of Modernism, but it is at the
-heart of the biblical story—and another element in disenchantment. In Genesis,
-we read that “the LORD God drove [Adam] out of the garden of Eden”
-(NEB, Gen. 3.23), that “Cain went out from the LORD’s presence” (NEB,
-Gen. 4.16), becoming a “vagrant and a wanderer on earth” (NEB, Gen. 4.12).
-Here is alienation—being a stranger, a fugitive. Linked with Hegel and early
-Marx, alienation has deep biblical roots. In God-language, all are sons of
-Adam and brothers to Cain.13 Here, the rhetoric of modernism and Genesis
-intersect: Garden and wasteland belong both to a biblical vocabulary and
-also to the vocabulary of modernity.
 === Notes ===
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 * {{cite journal |last=Stoneback |first=H.R. |title=Pilgrimage Variations: Hemingway's Sacred Landscapes |journal=Religion and Literature |volume=35.2/3 |issue= |date=2003 |pages=49-65 |ref=harv }}
+* {{cite journal |last=Vince |first=Raymond M. |title=Alienation |journal=New Dictionary of Theology |location= Ed. Sinclair B. Ferguson, David F. Wright, and J.I. Packer. Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press, 1988 |ref=harv }}
 * {{cite journal |last=Wagner-Martin |first=Linda |date=1987|title=Introduction |journal= New Essays on The Sun Also Rises |location= Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press |ref=harv }}