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Religion and the University: Theology and Literature after Postmodernity (Paperback)

Zoë Lehmann Imfeld; Gavin D'Costa; Peter Hampson
Bloomsbury Academic
9780567672056
0-567-67205-0

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.

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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 Postmodernity explores a reconstructive approach to reading and literary study in the university setting, with contributions from interdisciplinary scholars worldwide.