Religion and Literature: History and Method / / Eric Ziolkowski.

Religion and literature is the study of interrelationships between religious or theological traditions and literary traditions, both oral and written, with special attention to religious or theological underpinnings of, influences upon, and reflections in, individual “texts” (oral and written) or au...

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Superior document:Brill Research Perspectives
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL, , 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Brill Research Perspectives.
Physical Description:1 online resource (118 pages)
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Summary:Religion and literature is the study of interrelationships between religious or theological traditions and literary traditions, both oral and written, with special attention to religious or theological underpinnings of, influences upon, and reflections in, individual “texts” (oral and written) or authors’ oeuvres. Religion and Literature: History and Method by Eric Ziolkowski considers the origins and history of, and methods employed in, that scholarly enterprise, focusing on the dual construals of “literature” in religious studies (as a body of sacred writings and as writing valued for artistic merit); the problematics of defining “religion”; the transformation of theology and literature as a “field” (pioneered by Nathan A. Scott Jr. et al.) to religion and literature; the affiliated fields of myth criticism, and of biblical reception; and the institutionalization, globalization, and future of the study of religion and literature.
ISBN:9004423907
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Eric Ziolkowski.