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Examines the religious dimensions of Ralph Ellison’s concept of race Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel Invisible Man provides an unforgettable metaphor for what it means to be disregarded in society. While the term “invisibility” has become shorthand for all forms of marginalization, Ellison was primarily concerned with racial identity. M. Cooper Harriss argues that religion, too, remains relatively invisible within discussions of race and seeks to correct this through a close study of Ralph Ellison’s work.Harriss examines the religious and theological dimensions of Ralph Ellison’s concept of race through his evocative metaphor for the experience of blackness in America, and with an eye to uncovering previously unrecognized religious dynamics in Ellison’s life and work. Blending religious studies and theology, race theory, and fresh readings of African-American culture, Harriss draws on Ellison to create the concept of an “invisible theology,” and uses this concept as a basis for discussing religion and racial identity in contemporary American life.Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Theology is the first book to focus on Ellison as a religious figure, and on the religious dynamics of his work. Harriss brings to light Ellison’s close friendship with theologian and literary critic Nathan A. Scott, Jr., and places Ellison in context with such legendary religious figures as Reinhold and Richard Niebuhr, Paul Tillich and Martin Luther King, Jr. He argues that historical legacies of invisible theology help us make sense of more recent issues like drone warfare and Clint Eastwood’s empty chair.Rich and innovative, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Theology will revolutionize the way we understand Ellison, the intellectual legacies of race, and the study of religion.

Theology in literature. --- Ellison, Ralph.

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Women and literature --- Female friendship in literature. --- Women in literature. --- English literature --- Literature --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- History and criticism.

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Drama. --- Französisch. --- French drama --- French drama. --- Religion in literature. --- Religion in literature. --- Religion --- Theater and society --- Theater and society. --- Theater --- Theater --- Theater --- Theater. --- Theology in literature. --- Theology in literature. --- History and criticism. --- History --- History --- Religious aspects. --- Religious aspects. --- 1600-1699. --- France.

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Building on scholarship regarding both biblical and early modern sexualities, Members of His Body protests the Christian defense of marital monogamy. According to the Paul who authors 1 Corinthians, believers would do well to remain single and focus instead on the messiah’s return. According to the Paul who authors Ephesians, plural marriage is the telos of Christian community. Turning to Shakespeare, Will Stockton shows how marriage functions in The Comedy of Errors, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and The Winter’s Tale as a contested vehicle of Christian embodiment. Juxtaposing the marital theologies of the different Pauls and their later interpreters, Stockton reveals how these plays explore the racial, religious, and gender criteria for marital membership in the body of Christ. These plays further suggest that marital jealousy and paranoia about adultery result in part from a Christian theology of shared embodiment: the communion of believers in Christ.In the wake of recent arguments that expanding marriage rights to gay people will open the door to the cultural acceptance and legalization of plural marriage, Members of His Body reminds us that much Christian theology already looks forward to this end.

Marriage in literature. --- Non-monogamous relationships in literature. --- Theology in literature. --- Shakespeare, William, --- Paul, --- Religion. --- In literature. --- Bible --- Christianity. --- Monogamy. --- Paul. --- Polygamy. --- Queer. --- Shakespeare. --- adultery. --- chastity. --- gay marriage. --- marriage.

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This study contends that American writer Cormac McCarthy not only is philosophical, or a “writer of ideas,” but rather that he has a philosophy. Devoting one main chapter to each facet of McCarthy’s thought – his metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, respectively – the study engages in focused readings of all of McCarthy’s major works. Along the way, the study brings McCarthy’s ideas into conversation with a host of philosophers who range from Plato to Alain Badiou, with figures such as William James, Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, and Slavoj Žižek featured prominently. Situated at the crossroads of literary studies, literary theory, cultural studies, continental philosophy, and theology, the appeal of Cormac McCarthy’s Philosophy is widespread and deeply interdisciplinary. .

Authors and publishers --- Sacraments in literature. --- Christianity in literature. --- Theology in literature. --- History --- McCarthy, Cormac, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- מקארתי, קורמאק, --- McCarthy, Charles, --- America-Literatures. --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- North American Literature. --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- Contemporary Literature. --- America—Literatures. --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- Literature, Modern—21st century. --- America --- Literature, Modern --- Literature --- Literatures. --- 20th century. --- 21st century.