Rhetorics of religion in American fiction: faith, fundamentalism, and fanaticism in the age of terror
Introduction: the paradox of religion in America and American literature -- Uncertain faith for Islamic others after 9/11: capitalist and religious fundamentalisms in Mohsin Hamid's The reluctant fundamentalist and Laila Halaby's Once in a promised land -- Beyond religious, atheistic, and...
| Subtitles: | Faith, fundamentalism, and fanaticism in the age of terror |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Bucknell University Press
[2016]
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Literature
/ Religion (Motif)
/ History 2002-2015
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion in literature
B American fiction 20th century History and criticism B Secularism in literature B American fiction 21st century History and criticism B Terrorism in literature B Fundamentalism in literature B War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 Influence B Religion and literature (United States) History 20th century B September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Influence B Religion and literature (United States) History 21st century |
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| Summary: | Introduction: the paradox of religion in America and American literature -- Uncertain faith for Islamic others after 9/11: capitalist and religious fundamentalisms in Mohsin Hamid's The reluctant fundamentalist and Laila Halaby's Once in a promised land -- Beyond religious, atheistic, and capitalist fundamentalisms for post-9/11 Jewish others: the rhetoric of art in Philip Roth's Everyman and Exit ghost -- Toward a post-9/11 rhetoric of Catholic mystery: terror and fundamentalism in Don Delillo's "Baader-Meinhof" and Point omega -- Emergent varieties of religious experience from a Protestant perspective: fundamentalist, fanatical, and hybrid faith in John Updike's "varieties of religious experience" and Terrorist -- Between Protestantism and pantheism: post-9/11 rhetorics of nature, science, and religion in Barbara Kingsolver's Small wonder and Flight behavior -- Conclusion: memorializing 9/11 through interfaith dialogue with and about American fiction about religion Rhetorics of Religion in American Fiction considers the way in which contemporary American authors address the subject of belief in the post-9/11 Age of Terror. Naydan suggests that after 9/11, fiction by Mohsin Hamid, Laila Halaby, Philip Roth, Don DeLillo, John Updike, and Barbara Kingsolver dramatizes and works to resolve impasses that exist between believers of different kinds at the extremes. These impasses emerge out of the religious paradox that shapes America as simultaneously theocratic and secular, and they exist, for instance, between liberals and fundamentalists, between liberals and certain evangelicals, between fundamentalists and artists, and between fundamentalists of different varieties. Ultimately, Naydan argues that these authors function as literary theologians of sorts and forge a relevant space beyond or between extremes. They fashion faith or lack thereof as hybridized and hence as a negotiation among secularism, atheism, faith, fundamentalism, and fanaticism. In so doing, they invite their readers into contemplations of religious difference and new ways of memorializing 9/11. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1611487439 |