Locating the Past / Discovering the Present: Perspectives on Religion, Culture, and Marginality

Nine papers from the May 2006 Meaningful Marginalities: Religious Influences and Cultural Constructions conference at the University of Alberta, Canada, explore the connections of constructed meaning that surround people. Scholars of religion and literature present such perspectives as Chaucer and the Paris Jews in 1394, the seductive serpent, memoirs of Byzantium, reflections on the political witness of Saint Paul, and viewing the televised Ramayan as a Hindu ritual act. Distributed in the US by Michigan State University Press. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)