Yes, Graham. Julia Gordon-Bramer writes that, even by the mid-1950s, 'the Christian god had been dead to Plath for some time'. In the year before she died, Plath wrote the following to a Catholic priest, with whom she was in correspondence as he was a fan of hers and a poet himself: 'I am, myself, ironically, an atheist. And like a certain sort of atheist, my poems are God-obsessed, priest-obsessed. Full of Marys, Christs and nuns. Theology & philosophy fascinate me ...' I'm sure you'll note Plath's use of the word 'ironically'. Best wishes, Geoff