Culture and Religion
Books on the intersection between religion and art, literature, culture and media.
C.S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil:
An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme
By Jerry Root
An examination of C.S. Lewis's ethical thought, in particular his critique of subjectivism, as explored through his fictional writings.
ISBN: 9780227173381
ISBN: 9780227903001
Eloquence Divine:
In Search of God's Rhetoric
By Philip Arrington
A study of God as a rhetorical actor in the narratives of the Bible, showing how a distinctive divine rhetoric influences the events of scripture.
ISBN: 9780227176887
ISBN: 9780227906767
Evangelicals and Culture
By Doreen M. Rosman
A study of the society and culture of early nineteenth-century British evangelicalism, challenging the stereotype that evangelicals were anti-intellectual.
ISBN: 9780227680346
ISBN: 9780227900987
Faith and Doubt:
Religion and Secularisation in Literature from Wordsworth to Larkin
By R.L. Brett
A study of leading literary figures that explores the complex interplay between faith and doubt in English literature.
ISBN: 9780227679418
From Icons to Idols:
Documents on the Image Debate in Reformation England
By David J. Davis
A selection of key historical texts from the debate over religious imagery during the English Reformation, with a commentary by a leading scholar in the field.
ISBN: 9780227176290
ISBN: 9780227906057
The Ideal of Kingship in the Writings of Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien:
Divine Kingship is Reflected in Middle-Earth
By Christopher Scarf
An inter-disciplinary study of Christian ideals of kingship in the works of the Oxford 'Inklings', showing links between their beliefs and literary endeavours.
ISBN: 9780227174012
ISBN: 9780227901946
ISBN: 9780227901960
Literature and Sacrament:
The Sacred and the Secular in John Donne
By Theresa M. DiPasquale
A study of the poetics of Donne's secular and religious poetry in the context of 17th-century theories of representation and reception.
ISBN: 9780227679678
Milton's Inward Liberty:
A Reading of Christian Liberty from the Prose to Paradise Lost
By Filippo Falcone
A study of how Milton's work reflects a more complex conception of liberty than is often supposed, seeking an inward, spiritual understanding of freedom.
ISBN: 9780227174944
ISBN: 9780227903797
Practices of Wonder:
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
By Sophia Vasalou (editor)
A multidisciplinary collection of essays exploring the concept of wonder and its significance in religion, philosophy, the arts and the sciences.
ISBN: 9780227173954
ISBN: 9780227901670
Society and God:
Culture and Creed from a Philosophical Standpoint
By William Charlton
A philosophical examination of religion and society, offering a closely reasoned challenge to the dominant Western discourse of secular liberalism.
ISBN: 9780227177006
Spiritual Reading:
A Study of the Christian Practice of Reading Scripture
By Angela Lou Harvey
An examination of lectio divina, the reading of scripture for spiritual nurture, and its relation to biblical scholarship and reading the bible as literature.
ISBN: 9780227176122
ISBN: 9780227905807
