Reveals the theology hidden in works of fiction.
Explores how recent novelists are challenging, inverting, reinterpreting and sometimes even affirming the basic questions and answers of more traditional theologians.
Focuses on five novels: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, Sula by Toni Morrison, The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis, The Wine of Astonishment by Early Lovelace, and My Early Visit to Hell by Paul Thigpen.
Highlights the expression of both mainstream and progressive Christian doctrines as themes in these works.
Darren J N Middleton (PhD the University of Glasgow) is Associate Professor of Literature and Theology at Texas Christian University.