Michael Allan’s groundbreaking new book In the Shadow of World Literature gives us one of the most moving and powerful…
The archaeology of a discipline and the discipline to come
literature
Don’t play that song, Nathan Scott
I welcome Spirit in the Dark for the seriousness with which it opens new prospects for the study of religion and literature…
Josef Sorett and the idea of a racial aesthetic
Josef Sorett’s Spirit in the Dark is a marvelous book, not least of all due to its meticulous, incisive, and…
The renaissance of political theology
When it comes to political theology, everything old is new again. At least that is the impression given by the…
CFP: Working with A Secular Age
On March 6-8, 2014, the University of Bern will host an international conference entitled "Working with A Secular Age: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Charles…
CFP: The Religious Turn: Secular and Sacred Engagements in Literature and Theory
The Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature will host its annual conference on The Religious Turn: Secular and Sacred…
Marilynne Robinson on religion, secularism, and literature
Joe Fassler interviews writer Marilynne Robinson after the publication of her latest collection of essays.
Imagining radical refusal
In Reviews in Cultural Theory, Erin Wunker reviews Exit Capitalism: Literary Culture, Theory, and Postsecular Modernity by Simon During.
There is no such thing as a monoculture
“We develop in multi-cultural and multi-religious societies. To say this is to state the obvious. There is no religiously homogeneous…
Modern enchantment
Recently released by Oxford University Press, Michael Saler's latest volume explores the imaginary realms of the modern world.