Ball and the Cross

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• Publisher: Fractal Press
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781910660119
• Edition: 0

Professor Lucifer and a monk named Michael debate about rationalism and religion followed by even more heated interaction with an atheist Socialist named Turnbull. The symbolism of the title refers to a worldly and rationalist worldview represented by a ball or sphere, and the cross representing Christianity.

Table of contents

• I. A DISCUSSION SOMEWHAT IN THE AIR
• II. THE RELIGION OF THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE
• III. SOME OLD CURIOSITIES
• IV. A DISCUSSION AT DAWN
• V. THE PEACEMAKER
• VI. THE OTHER PHILOSOPHER
• VII. THE VILLAGE OF GRASSLEY-IN-THE-HOLE
• VIII. AN INTERLUDE OF ARGUMENT
• IX. THE STRANGE LADY
• X. THE SWORDS REJOINED
• XI. A SCANDAL IN THE VILLAGE
• XII. THE DESERT ISLAND
• XIII. THE GARDEN OF PEACE
• XIV. A MUSEUM OF SOULS
• XV. THE DREAM OF MACIAN
• XVI. THE DREAM OF TURNBULL
• XVII. THE IDIOT
• XVIII. A RIDDLE OF FACES
• XIX. THE LAST PARLEY
• XX. DIES IRAE