The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Religion

Each essay in this Companion examines literary texts and a particular religious tradition to better understand both literature and religion.

Susan M. Felch (Edited by)

9781107097841, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 September 2016

304 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.55 kg

'This is an outstanding volume: diverse but coherent, demanding but always clear. The individual essays are strong, but read as whole the book is even more powerful. It is required reading for any scholar working in the wide and complex field of literature and religion.' Andrew Tate, The Glass

Each essay in this Companion examines one or more literary texts and a religious tradition to illustrate how we can understand both literature and religion better by looking at them in tandem. Unlike most literature and religion books, which tend to focus on Christianity and take a highly theoretical approach inappropriate for non-specialists, The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Religion offers an accessible treatment of both Dharmic and Abrahamic traditions. It provides close readings of texts rather than surveys of large topics, making it an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students of literature and religion.

Introduction Susan M. Felch
Part I. Reading Practices: 1. Theological reading Rowan Williams
2. Confessional reading James Matthew Wilson
3. Postsecular reading Zhange Ni
Part II. Intersections: 4. Ethics Susan M. Felch
5. Dwelling Julia Reinhard Lupton
6. Imagination Matthew Potts
7. Sacrifice Michon M. Matthiesen
8. Repetition Susannah Monta
Part III. Faith Traditions: 9. Hinduism Cleo Kearns
10. Buddhism Richard K. Payne
11. Judaism Susan Handelman
12. Eastern Orthodoxy Lori Branch and Ioana Patuleanu
13. Roman Catholicism Paul J. Contino
14. Islam Mustansir Mir
15. Protestantism Willie James Jennings
16. World Christianity Susan VanZanten.

Subject Areas: Religion: general [HRA], Literary studies: general [DSB]