An Introduction to Religion and Literature

An Introduction to Religion and Literature
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 175
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ISBN-10 : 9781441117878
ISBN-13 : 1441117873
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Download or read book An Introduction to Religion and Literature written by Mark Knight and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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.


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