England's Secular Scripture: Islamophobia and the Protestant Aesthetic
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England's Secular Scripture: Islamophobia and the Protestant Aesthetic
By (Author) Dr Jo Carruthers
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Continuum Publishing Corporation
11th August 2011
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literature: history and criticism
820.9382
Physical Properties
Hardback
160
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
By outlining Protestantism and Englishness in early-modern literature to the present-day, this study reveals how other religious identities can be alienated in British society.
Reviews
Critique that is incisive, rigorous and compassionate, unflinching in its interrogation of secularist presuppositions and yet unpolemical, Carruther's volume shows the vitality of the new religion and literature and all it has to offer to mainstream English studies. If this is the harbinger of post-secular scholarship, give me more. -- Lori Branch, Associate Professor of English, University of Iowa, USA
Books like this perform an invaluable function by explaining the emergence ofmisconceptions, thus hopefully preparing the ground for their obsolescence. * Studies in English Literature, Vol. 53, No. 1 *
Carruthers... [employs] to startling effect the critical apparatus of the merged disciplines of literature and theology. -- Katherine Brown Downey * Religious Studies Review *
Author Bio
Jo Carruthers is Research Council Academic Fellow at the University of Bristol, UK.
