The Novel as Church: Preaching to Readers in Contemporary Fiction

by David Dickinson

Reading the likes of Updike, Dickens, and Faulkner with a preacher's eye, David Dickinson offers an instructive examination of the role of the sermon as a literary element and, most strikingly, of literature as a modern sermon. Popular perceptions of religion, religious authority, and the practice of preaching have changed significantly during the past century, so much so, Dickinson argues, that fiction writers have a surprising and unique ability...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602586829
• ISBN13: 9781602586826
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher