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This is an accessible and engaging introduction to religion and literature in the nineteenth century. It introduces key debates, movements, and ideas relating to the Christian religion, and connects these to literary developments from 1750 - 1914. The authors provide close readings of popular texts and use these to explore complex religious ideas.
Recent scholarship in nineteenth-century literary studies consistently recognizes the profound importance of religion, even as it marginalizes the topic. There are few, if any, challenging yet manageable introductions to religion and literature in
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Produktbeschreibung
This is an accessible and engaging introduction to religion and literature in the nineteenth century. It introduces key debates, movements, and ideas relating to the Christian religion, and connects these to literary developments from 1750 - 1914. The authors provide close readings of popular texts and use these to explore complex religious ideas.
Recent scholarship in nineteenth-century literary studies consistently recognizes the profound importance of religion, even as it marginalizes the topic. There are few, if any, challenging yet manageable introductions to religion and literature in the long-nineteenth century, a factor that serves to fuel scholars' neglect of theological issues. This book aims to show how religion, specifically Christianity, is integral to the literature and culture of this period. It provides close
readings of popular texts and integrates these with accessible explanations of complex religious ideas. Written by two scholars who have published widely on religion and literature, the book offers a detailed grounding in the main religious movements of the period 1750-1914. The dominant traditions
of High Anglicanism, Tractarianism, Evangelicalism and Roman Catholicism are contextualized by preceding chapters addressing dissenting culture (primarily Presbyterianism, Methodism, Unitarianism and Quakerism), and the question of secularization is considered in the light of the diversity and capacity for renewal within the Christian faith. Throughout the book the authors untangle theological and church debates in a manner that highlights the privileged relationship between religion and
literature in the period. The book also gives readers a language to approach and articulate their own 'religious' readings of texts, texts that are often concerned with slippery subjects such as the divine, the non-material and the nature of religious experience. Refusing to shut down religious debate by
offering only narrow or fixed definitions of Christian traditions, the book also questions the demarcation of sacred material from secular, as well as connecting the vitality of religion in the period to a broader literary culture.
Autorenporträt
Mark Knight is the lead pastor of Praise Covenant Church in Tacoma, Washington. He holds an MDiv from North Park Theological Seminary and a BA from Northwest University. He has been married to his wife Lindsay for fourteen years and they have three beautiful children. He loves to read, play golf, eat good food, and make people laugh all while pursuing a life cultivated by his time with Jesus so he can be more like Jesus.
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Knight and Mason capture the flavour of each individual text beautifully, serving to tantalise and encourage further reading rather than to frustrate, and their analysis is scholarly and suggestive. Although it is extremely selective, this is an excellent introduction to a broad and complex subject, and will provide interested readers with a solid starting point. Kate Harper, University of York