According to Dr. Altizer, «Ahab's mad quest for the
white whale can be seen
as faith's
response to the death of God, wherein the
man of faith becomes the murderer of God so
as to make possible a historical actualization of God's death in Jesus, and thus an apocalyptic consummation of God's original self - sacrifice or self - negation.»
The fallout Wednesday stems from the president blasting his former adviser in
response to Bannon's comments released in excerpts of an upcoming book by writer Michael Wolff that portray Trump
as an undisciplined
man who did not actually want to win the
White House.