Featuring a selection from over 80 key texts, this anthology aims to help the reader to understand the common origins of religious expression and of literature.

The rise of the Christian Right took many writers and literary critics by surprise, trained as we were to think that religions waned as societies became modern.

Religion has always been an integral part of the literary tradition: many canonical and non-canonical texts engage extensively with religious ideas, and the dev

Religion and literature is the study of interrelationships between religious or theological traditions and literary traditions, both oral and written, with spec

This unique and comprehensive volume looks at the study of literature and religion from a contemporary critical perspective. Including discussion of global lite