Believing In The Text: Essays From The Centre For The Study Of Literature, Theology And The Arts, University Of Glasgow (Religions and Discourse)

The essays in this book represent ten years of the work of the Centre for the Study of Literature, Theology and the Arts in the University of Glasgow. Seemingly diverse, they are bound together by a common belief that theology flourishes in an interdisciplinary and transcultural environment. It cannot be an abstract concern, but is rooted in political circumstances, and responds to developments in society and the arts. That is why there are essays on film and contemporary artists like Mona Hatoum, as well as more traditional studies of theology read through and in literature. The Centre has always been an international meeting place, and contributions range well beyond the Western Christian, seeking new roots for theological thinking in the arts and culture of a postmodern world. The subject on trial and Baudrillard's nightmare -- David Jasper T/here : conversing and traversing Julia Kristeva's writings -- S. Brent Plate The trace of the (M)other : liminality and maternity in Dead man walking -- J. Stephen Fountain Seeing through a glass face to face -- Andrew W. Hass Susanna : indecent attraction/fatal exposure -- Elizabeth Philpot To the threshold : window scenes in Elizabeth Gaskell's Ruth -- Peter Stiles "Seeing " Adam Bede : an iconographic reading -- Jeffrey F. Keuss Sin and theodicy : Victorian and modern style -- Catherine Raine Re-entering the magic theatre : the trace of the other in Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf -- David E. Klemm Scratching the Barthian itch : a theological reading of John Updike's Roger's version -- Darren J.N. Middleton Theology, culture and the arts -- George Newlands Christian worship in the third millennium : homage or celebration? -- Christopher Burdon Word as flesh : the sign of female circumcision -- Alison Jasper A response to postmodern theology -- Kiyoshi Tsuchiya. David Jasper & George Newlands, With Darlene Bird, Ed[itor]s. Includes Bibliographical References.