Reading heresy : religion and dissent in literature and art / edited by Gregory Erickson and Bernard Schweizer

Published:: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]
Copyright Date:: ©2017
Physical Description:: ix, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Erickson, Gregory, Schweizer, Bernard, 1962-, and International Society for Heresy Studies. Conference (1st : 2014 : New York, N.Y.)

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Contents:

Preface / Schweizer, Bernard -- Introduction / Erickson, Gregory / Schweizer, Bernard -- I. Heresy and Modern Literature -- Heresy and the Modernist Imagination / Erickson, Gregory -- "No, I better not say it. I might get punished": Misotheism and Self-Creation in Tomás Rivera's ... And the Earth Did Not Devour Him / Hama, Mark -- The Absolute Heterodoxy of William Blake / Altizer, Thomas J. J. -- II. Medieval Heresy -- Unbelief and the Problem of Heresy: A Late Medieval Context / Calder, Natalie -- The Joys of Heresy: Benefits for Women in Medieval Heretical Sects / Green, Kathryn -- III. Heretical Theology -- Saint Augustine: The Neoplatonic Father of Heretical Orthodoxy / Holloway, John Daniel -- Making the World: Against Spirituality / Miller, Jordan E. -- The Heresy of Humor: Theological Responses to Laughter / Schweizer, Bernard -- IV. From the Creators: The Artists' Corner -- The Novelist as Heretic / Morrow, James -- Beautiful Heresy: A Visual Artist's Re-appropriation of Scripture / Hannon, Susan -- Pop Heresy: Songwriting at the Edge of the Speakable / Golden, Tasha -- Adapting Candide for the Stage / Wood, Stanton -- Epilogue: Heretical Unmaking / Erickson, Gregory.

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Conference papers and proceedings

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9783110555943
3110555948

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Essays from the inaugural conference of the International Society for Heresy Studies, held in May 2014 at New York University.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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