Bernard Schweizer, an Associate Professor of English at Long Island University in Brooklyn (NY), is a widely respected writer and teacher. Originally from Switzerland, Prof. Schweizer believes passionately in encouraging a living interaction between literature and culture. He specializes in the study of iconoclasts and rebels, including the controversial writer and public intellectual Rebecca West. In his third book, Hating God, he explores the fascinating history behind the religious rebels he calls misotheists-that is, people of high moral caliber and profound humanity who cannot tolerate God's indifference or outright cruelty toward his creation.