"A brilliant and concise introduction to the increasingly innovative and ever-urgent relationship between religion and literature. Knight's lucid and percipient grasp of theological and biblical debate, as well as of recent theoretical and philosophical methodologies, grants his close readings a rare insight students and academics will readily appreciate. In his sharp exploration of ideas such as the creation, sin and eschatology, Knight leads us through a dazzling array of literary texts (from Shakespeare and Donne, to Rossetti and Dickens, Rushdie and McEwan) to illustrate what it means to pursue a religious reading. In doing so, he reveals that religious reading, an approach often wrongly assumed to be dependent on sacred or moral content, is rather grounded in the critical ability to renew and re-imagine language within a framework that opens up new ways of thinking about subjectivity, community, hope, vision and love." - Emma Mason, Senior Lecturer, University of Warwick, UK

"This is, it must be said, an accomplished book. It resonates at times like a well-tempered doctorate...The publisher, I should add, is to be congratulated on a workmanlike production, in typography and presentation, that has served the author well." The Glass, February 2010

This book provides a consistent engagement with literature, divining human paths to divine topics. At all times Knight produces a thoughtful engagement, occasionally leading the reader down paths less often taken. While the language and style is light, the thoughts bring the reader into a richly textured conversation.

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