An Introduction to Religion and Literature
by Mark Knight
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"Religion has always been an integral part of the literary tradition: many canonical and non-canonical texts engage extensively with religious ideas, and the development of English Literature as a professional discipline began with an explicit consideration of the relationship between religion and literature. Literature also plays an important role in religious writing, as twentieth-century work on narrative theology has acknowledged. Both the recent theological turn of literary theory and show more the renewed political significance of religious debate in contemporary western culture have generated further interest in this interdisciplinary area. An Introduction to Religion and Literature offers a lucid, accessible and thoughtful introduction to the study of religion and literature. While the focus is on Christian theology and post-1800 British literature, substantial reference is made to earlier writers, texts from North America and mainland Europe, and other faith positions. Each chapter takes up a major theological idea and explores it through close readings of well-known and influential literary texts."--Bloomsbury Publishing. show lessTags
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Mark Knight is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Lancaster University, UK.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 261.58 — Religion Christian organization, social work & worship Social theology and interreligious relations and attitudes Christianity and secular disciplines Literature
- LCC
- PN49 .K62 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Theory. Philosophy. Esthetics
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