RT Article T1 Why the Postsecular Matters JF Christianity & literature VO 67 IS 3 SP 493 OP 510 A1 Branch, Lori A1 Knight, Mark 1972- A2 Knight, Mark 1972- LA English YR 2018 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/157643575X AB In the summer of 2016, the authors of this essay co-directed a four-week NEH Summer Seminar for faculty, titled “Postsecular Studies and the Rise of the English Novel, 1719-1897.” In this article, we explain why we think the postsecular matters, for literary studies in general and for our stories of the novel in particular. We draw heavily on our experience of the seminar: our preparations for it, the generous contributions of the participants, the points emerging from the large body of transformational material we read, and the intellectual life of our group over four weeks in Iowa. K1 English fiction : History & criticism K1 LITTLE Dorrit (Book : Dickens) K1 Little Dorrit K1 PHANTASTES (Book) K1 Postsecularism K1 Phantastes K1 RELIGION & literature K1 ROBINSON Crusoe (Book : Defoe) K1 Robinson Crusoe K1 postsecular studies K1 rise of the novel DO 10.1177/0148333117743825