Throughout history, various writers have written stories, poems, and letters about God and religious concepts. Some of these concepts may have been held throughout time but certain people put the beliefs into passionate words. These writings explore various aspects of religion and God. Some are about evil and its existence along with good and some question the way religious institutions function. In this essay I will detail examples of some of these literary works and their outlook on God and religion throughout the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, and Modernism periods.
             If one looks for thoughts on religion and God in the Enlightenment, there is no better and more shining example than the Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz's Reply to Sor Filotea de la Cruz. In this letter of personal apology she addresses many well thought and inarguable concepts on God and Catholicism. She had problems because she was a woman who was well versed in the biblical works and very learned in concepts of knowledgeable study. She believed she should not be rebuked for studying and expressing her personal opinions, which she never meant to be published, because she was intelligent and well educated enough to understand them to an extent surpassing most. She details in a section of the reply how it would be impossible for her to understand the concepts and stories of the Bible without this education. She believed that the key to being closer to God was the gift of intelligence he bestowed on humans and that all who had that gift should use it to learn more of God.
             In the Romanticism period, one of the most notable writers of literature dealing with God and religion was William Blake. Blake was a very interesting person. At the age of 4 he claimed to have seen God and at the age of 10 he conversed regularly with angelic beings. Later on when his brother died he said he saw him descend to heaven and from then on he could see the door open to
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