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Robert Detweiler

Robert Detweiler is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature in the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.He also served as the Institute’s Director for eight years. He has published extensively on the intersection of religion, literature and culture.

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Religion and Literature

A Reader

Author(s):
Robert Detweiler
David Jasper

Religious experience and reflection have always engendered poetry and literature, prompting the imagination and moving beyond speculative thought. In this anthology, the editors address the common origins and various stages in the development of religious expression and literature, as well as the various interpretive methods that have been used to explain these literary texts.
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Publication Date: 03/01/2000
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Breaking the Fall

Religious Reading of Contemporary Fiction

Author(s):
Robert Detweiler

Modern literary criticism has virtually neglected to interpret contemporary narrative fiction, poetry, and drama from a distinctly religious perspective. In this book, Robert Detweiler, the premier scholar of theology-based literary criticism, redresses this lack by presenting a clear and comprehensive study of religious themes in contemporary fiction. He applies the latest critical treatments to the study of religious themes in various works, including works by Margaret Atwood, Jor...
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Publication Date: 12/01/1995