Download or read book The Faiths of Oscar Wilde written by J. Killeen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original and energetic examination of the relationship between theology, faith, religious history and national politics in the works of Oscar Wilde, which focuses in particular on his life-long attraction to Catholicism. Wilde's Protestant heritage is also scrutinised, and its continued influence on him, as well as his antagonism towards it, is related to the narrative modes he chose and the philosophical positions he adopted.