Scarecrow Press
Pages: 232
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Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-0-8108-8851-7 • Hardback • October 2013 • $109.00 • (£84.00)
978-0-8108-8852-4 • eBook • October 2013 • $103.50 • (£80.00)
Marc DiPaolo (PhD in English, Drew University) is an assistant professor of English and Film at Oklahoma City University, and has published several books examining intersections between literature, popular culture, politics, and religion, including War, Politics and Superheroes (CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2011).
This lively and timely collection revisits in contemporary contexts the long-standing debate around the catholicity of Catholic traditions.
— Ruth Vanita, author of Sappho and the Virgin Mary
This is a book that broadens narrow religious horizons steeped in the twilight of the culture wars, developing fresh appreciations for faith in its various manifestations in literature, film, politics, and everyday life.
— Joerg Rieger, Vanderbilt University; author of Christ And Empire
Frustrating traditional divisions between scholarly disciplines, high and low culture, spiritual and sensual, academic and subjective, DiPaolo’s writing is personal in voice and form. To read DiPaolo is to engage with a sharp mind and a quick wit, to be startled and to see differently.
— Katherine Brown Downey, author of Perverse Midrash
DiPaolo has brought together unlikely contributors and ideas to foster dialogue and invites the reader to join in the fun is vividly displayed in his confessional preface. The book raises the possibilities for Catholic faith and thought suggested by Catholic fiction.
— Rsr