Introduction: the paradox of religion in America and American literature -- Uncertain faith for Islamic others after 9/11: capitalist and religious fundamentalisms in Mohsin Hamid's The reluctant fundamentalist and Laila Halaby's Once in a promised land -- Beyond religious, atheistic, and capitalist fundamentalisms for post-9/11 Jewish others: the rhetoric of art in Philip Roth's Everyman and Exit ghost -- Toward a post-9/11 rhetoric of Catholic mystery: terror and fundamentalism in Don Delillo's "Baader-Meinhof" and Point omega -- Emergent varieties of religious experience from a Protestant perspective: fundamentalist, fanatical, and hybrid faith in John Updike's "varieties of religious experience" and Terrorist -- Between Protestantism and pantheism: post-9/11 rhetorics of nature, science, and religion in Barbara Kingsolver's Small wonder and Flight behavior -- Conclusion: memorializing 9/11 through interfaith dialogue with and about American fiction about religion.
Summary:
"This book addresses representations of belief in the polarized post-9/11 Age of Terror. Naydan tracks how both major and less-known contemporary authors of diverse religious heritages negotiate religious and ideological differences that involve secularism and atheism on the one hand and religious fundamentalism and fanaticism on the other" -- Provided by publisher.
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