A Canticle for Leibowitz

Name: A Canticle for Leibowitz
Author: Walter M. Miller Jr.

Walter M. Miller Jr.

After civilization’s collapse, a monastic community preserves the remnants of human learning. This novel asks what knowledge can—and cannot—do to save us.

Literature

Original date: Not yet verified

Reading level: Intermediate

Reading guides

Peter Kreeft

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Source notes & edition details

Peter Kreeft
Named in the published transcript of Kreeft’s lecture.

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science and faith civilization hope science fiction

Original catalog editions

EOS (2006), Edition: Reprint, 334 pages
A Canticle for Leibowitz