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Download or read book Theology and Literature after Postmodernity written by Zoë Lehmann Imfeld and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deploys theology in a reconstructive approach to contemporary literary criticism, to validate and exemplify theological readings of literary texts as a creative exercise. It engages in a dialogue with interdisciplinary approaches to literature in which theology is alert and responsive to the challenges following postmodernism and postmodern literary criticism. It demonstrates the scope and explanatory power of theological readings across various texts and literary genres. Theology and Literature after Postmodernity explores a reconstructive approach to reading and literary study in the university setting, with contributions from interdisciplinary scholars worldwide.