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Book SynopsisExplores the relation between religion, philosophy and literature.
Trade Review"Material Spirit will be a stimulating read for anyone who takes immanence seriously in, and especially across, philosophical, religious, literary, and cultural registers. Rather than rehearsing well-worn arguments or rehashing old debates, the contributors innovatively interpret the titular phrase, combining disciplines, methods, texts, and topics as seemingly unlikely, but as ultimately provocative, as the phrase 'material spirit.'" -- -William Robert Syracuse University "The contributions to Material Spirit are original, compelling, and beautifully interwoven. Together, they carve out a space that is neither religious nor not-religious, avoiding the dangers of unreconstructed immanence on the one hand and escapist transcendence on the other." -- -Mary-Jane Rubenstein Wesleyan University
Table of ContentsIntroduction Gregory Stallings, Manuel Asensi, and Carl Good Eucharistic Imaginings in Proust and Woolf Richard Kearney Impossible Confessions Karmen MacKendrick The Third Life of Saint Teresa of Jesus Manuel Asensi Renunciation and Absorption: On the Dimensionality of Baroque Asceticism Burcht Pranger "For the Life Was Manifested" Kevin Hart Augustine, Rosenzweig, and the Possibility of Experiencing Miracle Virginia Burrus "Come forth into the light of things": Material Spirit as Negative Ecopoetics Kate Rigby The Angel and the Storm: "Material Spirit" in the Era of Climate Change Tom Cohen The Material Working of Spirit J. Hillis Miller Notes Bibliography List of Contributors Index
