Ebook: Theology and Literature: Rethinking Reader Responsibility

This collection of new essays by academics from different parts of the world brings refreshing and provocative responses to prominent literary theories, especially theories of the reading process and of reader-response. This edition is significant in three ways: for its encounter with world religions and literatures; its explicit literary cum theological discourse; and its strong focus on the ethics of reading and representation. It boasts an impressive multidisciplinary array of reader-response theories that straddle theological, cultural, and literary boundaries. The essays showcase a combination of theory and hands-on application on literary and cultural texts.