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Rhetorics of religion in American fiction : faith, fundamentalism, and fanaticism in the age of terror, Liliana M. Naydan

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"This book addresses representations of belief in the polarized post-9/11 Age of Terror. Naydan tracks how both major and less-known contemporary authors of diverse religious heritages negotiate religious and ideological differences that involve secularism and atheism on the one hand and religious fundamentalism and fanaticism on the other" --
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eng
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Extent
xi, 221 pages
Contents
  • 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
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9781611487435
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Rhetorics of religion in American fiction : faith, fundamentalism, and fanaticism in the age of terror
Title
Rhetorics of religion in American fiction
Title remainder
faith, fundamentalism, and fanaticism in the age of terror
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Liliana M. Naydan
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Faith, fundamentalism, and fanaticism in the age of terror
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Language
eng
Summary
"This book addresses representations of belief in the polarized post-9/11 Age of Terror. Naydan tracks how both major and less-known contemporary authors of diverse religious heritages negotiate religious and ideological differences that involve secularism and atheism on the one hand and religious fundamentalism and fanaticism on the other" --
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Naydan, Liliana M.,
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non fiction
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  • September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
  • War on Terrorism (2001-2009)
  • American fiction
  • American fiction
  • Religion in literature
  • Secularism in literature
  • Fundamentalism in literature
  • Terrorism in literature
  • September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
  • War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
  • Religion and literature
  • Religion and literature
  • American fiction
  • Fundamentalism in literature
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Religion and literature
  • Religion in literature
  • Secularism in literature
  • Terrorism in literature
  • United States
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Rhetorics of religion in American fiction : faith, fundamentalism, and fanaticism in the age of terror, Liliana M. Naydan
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • txt
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Contents
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
Control code
944086835
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 221 pages
Isbn
9781611487435
Lccn
2016008996
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)944086835
Label
Rhetorics of religion in American fiction : faith, fundamentalism, and fanaticism in the age of terror, Liliana M. Naydan
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
944086835
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 221 pages
Isbn
9781611487435
Lccn
2016008996
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)944086835

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