Center on Religion & the Professions

Improving religious literacy among professionals.

English and literature: Codes of ethics

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English and literature: Articles

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  • “Religion on the American Mind” by Lawrence Buell. American Literary History. 19, no. 1 (2007): 32-55.
  • “The Times They Are a-Changin’” by Fred Edwards. Humanist. 67, no. 1 (2007): 45.
  • “The Occult Novels of Dion Fortune” by Susan Johnston Graf. Journal of Gender Studies. 16 no. 1 (2007): 47-56.
  • “Religious Views of Hans Christian Andersen’s Works – and their Literary Implications” by Johan de Mylius, Orbis Litterarum. 62, no. 1 (2007): 23-38.
  • “The Relationship Between Bible Literacy and Academic Achievement and School Behavior” by William H. Jeynes. Education and Urban Society, Vol. 41, No. 4, 419-436 (2009).
  • “Interdisciplinarity in Impossible Times: Studying Religion through Literature and the Arts” by David Jasper. Literature and Theology: New Interdisciplinar. Heather Walton (ed.). Ashgate Publishing, 2011.
  • “The Bible as Literature” by Sean Alfano, CBS News April 16, 2006
  • “New wave of Buddhist writers emerges and gets noticed” by Daniel Burke. Religion News Service, Nov. 21, 2007.
  • “From classic literature, religious lessons” by Richard Barlow. The Boston Globe, Feb. 2, 2008.
  • “Book of revelation: All children should be taught the Bible at school, says Andrew Motion. Without the great stories, they cannot hope to understand history and literature” by Janet Murray. The Guardian (London), Feb. 17, 2009.
  • “The enduring power of a glorious translation; There will be hosannas and great rejoicing for the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible” by Michael Binyon. The Times (London), Feb. 14, 2009.

English and literature: Books

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  • Religious Experience and the Modernist Novel. Pericles Lewis. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Holy Bible, King James version
  • A History of the English Bible as Literature by David Norton. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  • Victorian Parables: New Directions in Religion & Literature by Susan E. Colon. Continuum, 2012.
  • Rethinking the Turn to Religion in Early Modern English Literature: The Poetics of All Believers. Gregory Kneidel. Palgrave MacMillan, 2008.
  • Nineteenth-Century Religion and Literature, An Introduction. Mark Knight and Emma Mason. Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology. Andrew Hass. Oxford University Press, USA, 2009.
  • The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature (Chapter, “Literature and religion”). David Loewenstein and John Morrill. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
  • Writing Muslim Identity by Geoffrey Nash. Continuum, 2012.
  • Religion, Children’s Literature, and Modernity in Western Europe 1750-2000. Jan De Maeyer, Hans-Heino Ewers, Rita Ghesquière, Michel Manson, Patricia Quaghebeur and Pat Pinsent (eds.). Leuven University Press, 2005.
  • Introduction to Religion and Literature. Mark Knight. Continuum, 2009.
  • Theology and Literature. Gaye Williams Ortiz and Clara A.B. Joseph (eds.). Macmillan, 2006.
  • Islamic Literature in Contemporary Turkey: From Epic to Novel. Kenan Çayir. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
  • Literature, Theology and Feminism. Heather Walton. Manchester University Press, 2008.
  • How to Read the Bible as Literature. Leland Ryken. Zondervan, 1985.
  • The Great Code: The Bible and Literature. Northrop Frye. Ark Paperbacks, 1983.
  • One Hundred Great Jewish Books: Three Millennia of Jewish Conversation by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman. Bluebridge, 2011.

English and literature: Case studies

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  • “Complaint spurs school board to review novel by Atwood; Committee to consider objection to book; concern may centre on sexuality, religion” by Kristin Rushowy. Toronto Star, Jan. 14, 2009.
  • “The Relationship Between Bible Literacy and Academic Achievement and School Behavior” by William H. Jeynes. Education and Urban Society, Vol. 41, No. 4, 419-436 (2009).