pp.1-8

reduction and reductio

pp.11-22

reading humbly

pp.23-32

biblical origins of English literary criticism

pp.33-45

the ethics of Christian literary theory

pp.46-56

christ and materiality after the new historicism

pp.57-69

christianity, queer theory, and the unsolvable mysteries of sexual desire

pp.70-85

the inverted gospel and an early modern clown

pp.89-105

Eve, Mary, and feminist Christianity

pp.106-119

pp.120-134

spirituality and the gothic

pp.135-147

American studies and political theology

pp.148-161

deconstruction, Christianity, and George Herbert's "The Collar"

pp.162-174