Divinity, Hospitality and the Posthuman in 21st-Century Literature

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The Material Sacred

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvEmily McAvan,Australia) McAvan, Dr Emily (Monash University

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What does it feel like to experience the sacred today? Examining in detail many of this century’s most significant writers, including Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth Strout, Marilynne Robinson, Mohsin Hamid, Michael Chabon, Howard Jacobson and Don DeLillo, Divinity, Hospitality and the Posthuman in 21st-Century Literature: The Material Sacred argues that contemporary social and cultural forms, most especially those of 21st century literature, are marked by what Emily McAvan calls a material sacred.Placing Christian, Jewish and Muslim writers in conversation with the new materialisms, this book shows how secular and sacred mix unpredictably in contemporary writing. In this important contribution to the understanding of religion, materialism and literature, McAvan maps new territory, arguing that the material sacred shows us that the human and non-human, the divine and the profane, have been interwoven from the start.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-28
Mått156 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350280410

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IntroductionChapter 1. Introduction to 21st Century Postsecular Fiction Section One – God and the PostsecularChapter 2. Strout and the Idea of GodChapter 3. Robinson and Immanent FaithChapter 4. Chabon and the Messianic after the Death of GodSection Two – Hospitality and the PostsecularChapter 4. Rushdie and Religious TerrorChapter 5. Hamid and Interreligious HospitalityChapter 6. Jacobson and Antisemitism in the Multicultural StateSection Three – The Postsecular and the Non-HumanChapter 7. DeLillo’s Posthuman FaithChapter 8. Atwood’s Ecotheology ConclusionBibliographyIndex

McAven’s stunning readings of the “material sacred” within contemporary novels reveals 21st-century-fiction’s preoccupation with a world imbued with divine resonance. Postsecular Fiction importantly expands our understanding of vital issues such as forgiveness, disbelief, hospitality, and trauma as it unearths these novelists’ explorations of humanity’s vital relationship with the world.