{"product_id":"divinity-hospitality-and-the-posthuman-emily-mcavan-9781350280410","title":"Divinity, Hospitality and the Posthuman in 21st-Century Literature: The Material Sacred","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it feel like to experience the sacred today? Examining in detail many of this century's most significant writers, including Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth Strout, Marilynne Robinson, Mohsin Hamid, Michael Chabon, Howard Jacobson and Don DeLillo, \u003ci\u003eDivinity, Hospitality and the Posthuman in 21st-Century Literature: The Material Sacred \u003c\/i\u003eargues that contemporary social and cultural forms, most especially those of 21st century literature, are marked by what Emily McAvan calls a \u003ci\u003ematerial sacred.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Placing Christian, Jewish and Muslim writers in conversation with the new materialisms, this book shows how secular and sacred mix unpredictably in contemporary writing. In this important contribution to the understanding of religion, materialism and literature, McAvan maps new territory, arguing that the material sacred shows us that the human and non-human, the divine and the profane, have been interwoven from the start.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily McAvan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350280410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350280410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Emily McAvan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48996967907583,"sku":"9781350280410","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/divinity-hospitality-and-the-posthuman-emily-mcavan-9781350280410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}