A Faithful Account: Postsecular History and Agape in the Devout Catholic Fiction of Dena Hunt
The article examines the contribution of contemporary devout Catholic fiction to postsecular conversations around the mediation of religious experience by secular history with specific attention to a novel not yet discussed within literary studies: Dena Hunt's Treason, a work of historical fict...
| Published in: | Christianity & literature |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2020]
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Christianity & literature
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CD Christianity and Culture KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Charles Taylor
B Dena Hunt B Catholic Literary Revival B contemporary Catholic literature B Agape B Postsecularism B Treason B Historical fiction |
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| Summary: | The article examines the contribution of contemporary devout Catholic fiction to postsecular conversations around the mediation of religious experience by secular history with specific attention to a novel not yet discussed within literary studies: Dena Hunt's Treason, a work of historical fiction about Catholic suppression in Elizabethan England. The article argues that (1) Treason analyzes early formations of secular institutions and narratives within Elizabethan England as co-opting Christian expressions of agapeic love, and (2) responds to that co-optation by engaging in a historical method of constructing narratives rooted in instances of self-denying affection and devotion found within religious communities. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2020.0064 |