Invisible Conversations
Religion in the Literature of America
Will be published approx. on 30. March 2009
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-60258-147-0 (ISBN)
Description
American literature offers exceptional resources for understanding the complex role religion has played in the life of the culture and in the experience of its people. In recent decades, however, the academic study of that literature has largely treated religion, in the words of a noted scholar, as an ""invisible domain."" In joining the rich conversations that have enlivened American culture for centuries, Invisible Conversations seeks to bring to light the vital role that religion has played in the literature of the United States.
Reviews / Votes
Building Jewish is clearly and authoritatively written and is richly illustrated, making it ideal for classroom use as well as a basic scholarly resource. --Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The volume should go far toward reestablishing interest in the religious dimensions of American literature. -Philip F. Gura, Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A must-read for anyone curious about how religion figures within the larger course of American literary and intellectual history. -John Gatta, SewaneeMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Waco
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60258-147-0 (9781602581470)
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05/2011
Baylor University Press
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Person
Roger Lundin (1948-2015) was Arthur F. Holmes Professor of Faith and Learning, Wheaton College. He is the author of a number of books, including: There Before Us: Religion, Literature, and Culture From Emerson to Wendell Berry, Editor (2007), From Nature to Experience: The American Search for Cultural Authority (2005), and Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief, 2nd ed. (2004).
Content
Introduction by Roger Lundin
Part 1 Religion and American Fiction
1. Finding a Prose for God: Religion and American Fiction
Denis Donoghue
2. American Literature and/as Spiritual Inquiry
Lawrence Buell
Part 2 Religion and American Poetry
3. Variety as Religious Experience: The Poetics of the Plain Style
Elisa New
4. Keeping the Metaphors Alive: American Poetry and Transformation
Barbara Packer
Part 3 Literature, Religion, and the African American Experience
5. Genres of Redemption: African Americans, the Bible, and Slavery from Lemuel Haynes to Frederick Douglass
Mark A. Noll
6. Balm in Gilead: Memory, Mourning, and Healing in African American Autobiography
Albert J. Raboteau
7. The Race for Faith: Justice, Mercy, and the Sign of the Cross in African American Literature
Katherine Clay Bassard
8. Forms of Redemption
John Stauffer
Part 4 Literature, Religion, and American Public Life
9. Hamlet without the Prince: The Role of Religion in Postwar Nonfiction
Alan Wolfe
10. ""The Only Permanent State"": Belief and the Culture of Incredulity
Andrew Delbanco
Part 5 Theology and American Literature
11. How the Church Became Invisible: A Christian Reading of American Literary Tradition
Stanley Hauerwas and Ralph C. Wood
12. ""The Play of the Lord"": On the Limits of Critique
Roger Lundin
Notes
Index
Part 1 Religion and American Fiction
1. Finding a Prose for God: Religion and American Fiction
Denis Donoghue
2. American Literature and/as Spiritual Inquiry
Lawrence Buell
Part 2 Religion and American Poetry
3. Variety as Religious Experience: The Poetics of the Plain Style
Elisa New
4. Keeping the Metaphors Alive: American Poetry and Transformation
Barbara Packer
Part 3 Literature, Religion, and the African American Experience
5. Genres of Redemption: African Americans, the Bible, and Slavery from Lemuel Haynes to Frederick Douglass
Mark A. Noll
6. Balm in Gilead: Memory, Mourning, and Healing in African American Autobiography
Albert J. Raboteau
7. The Race for Faith: Justice, Mercy, and the Sign of the Cross in African American Literature
Katherine Clay Bassard
8. Forms of Redemption
John Stauffer
Part 4 Literature, Religion, and American Public Life
9. Hamlet without the Prince: The Role of Religion in Postwar Nonfiction
Alan Wolfe
10. ""The Only Permanent State"": Belief and the Culture of Incredulity
Andrew Delbanco
Part 5 Theology and American Literature
11. How the Church Became Invisible: A Christian Reading of American Literary Tradition
Stanley Hauerwas and Ralph C. Wood
12. ""The Play of the Lord"": On the Limits of Critique
Roger Lundin
Notes
Index