George Orwell and Religion

In his attitude toward religion George Orwell has been characterised in various terms: as an agnostic humanist secular saint or even Christian atheist. Drawing on the full range of his public and private writings - from major works such as <i>Keep the Aspidistra Flying</i> <i>1984</i>and <i>Down and Out in Paris and London</i> to his shorter journalism and private letters and journals - <i>George Orwell and Religion</i> is a major reassessment of Orwell's life-long engagement with religion. Exploring Orwell's life and work Michael Brennan illuminates for the first time how this profound engagement with religion informed the intensely humanitarian spirit of his writings.