Theology and Literature after Postmodernity [Paperback]

This volume deploys theology in a reconstructive approach to contemporary literary criticism, to validate and exemplify theological readings of literary texts as a creative exercise. It engages in a dialogue with interdisciplinary approaches to literature in which theology is alert and responsive to the challenges following postmodernism and postmodern literary criticism. It demonstrates the scope and explanatory power of theological readings across various texts and literary genres.Theology and Literature after Postmodernityexplores a reconstructive approach to reading and literary study in the university setting, with contributions from interdisciplinary scholars worldwide.

Zo? Lehmann Imfeldis Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Peter Hampsonis a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, UK.

Alison Milbankis Associate Professor in Literature and Theology at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University, USA

Introduction: Hospitable Conversations in Theology and Literature: Re-opening a Space to be Human
The Editors

Part One: Pedagogy

1. Religion, History, and Faithful Reading
Susannah Brietz Monta, University of Notre Dame, USA
2. Theology, Literature and Prayer: A Pedagogical Suggestion
Vittorio Montemaggi, University of Notre Dame, US
3. Bleak Liturgies: R. S. Thomas and 'changes not to his liking'
Hester Jones, University of Bristol, UK

Part Two: Theological and Literary Reconstructions
4. Belief and Imagination
Graham Ward, Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK
5. Literary Apologetics beyond Postmodernism: Duality and Death in Philip Pullman and J.K. Rowling
Alison Milbank, University of Nottingham, UK
6. Cusa: A Pre-modern Postmodern Reader of Shakespeare
Johannes Hoff, Heythrop CollelS(