Shouts And Whispers

Literary culture has long been antagonistic to faith. For writers who have faith commitments of one degree or another, they often wonder how to reconcile the two worlds to which they are committed. In this engaging volume, twenty-one writers examine the often perilous intersections of literature and belief. They use approaches that are as diverse as their biographies, from Barbara Brown Taylor's calling to behold, to David James Duncan's exploration of the wreckage in the grass around this particular intersection. The volume also contributions from Doris Betts, Frederick Buechner, Will Campbell, Betty Smartt Carter, Elizabeth Dewberry, David James Duncan, Ron Hansen, Silas House, Jan Karon, Joy Kogawa, Anne Lamott, Madeline L'Engle, Brett Lott, Thomas Lynch, Kathleen Norris Katherine Paterson, James Schaap, Paul Schrader, Luci Shaw, Barbara Brown Taylor, Walter Wangerin Jr.Taken together, this wonderful collection will encourage and inspire anyone seeking to work out the connection between faith-full writing and writing faithfully.

Introduction	p. xi
Way Beyond Belief: The Call to Behold	p. 1
Image and Imagination	p. 13
The Eyes of the Heart	p. 29
Whispering Hope	p. 35
Why Have We Given Up the Ghost? Notes on Reclaiming Literary Fiction	p. 43
An Interview by Linda Buturian	p. 61
Glory into Glory	p. 72
Writing as Subversion	p. 85
Writing as an Act of Worship	p. 95
Faith and Fiction	p. 105
An Interview by Garry Wills	p. 113
The Miracle and the Myth	p. 120
Writing and Knowing	p. 130
No Bible-Beating Allowed	p. 152
An Interview by Henry Baron	p. 162
Tired of Victory, Bored by Defeat: Restoring Proper Sadness to Christian Art	p. 172
The Collision of Faith and Fiction: Cleaning Up the Wreckage	p. 183
An Interview by Linda Buturian	p. 194
Reversing Entropy	p. 201
The Cosmic Questions	p. 214
Faith and Fashion Blunders: Shifting Metaphors of Mortality	p. 225
Making Meaning	p. 240
Acknowledgments	p. 256
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