Contributor
McGowan, Michael, editor.
ImprintNew York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Descriptionxiv, 206 pages ; 23 cm
Note:Understanding Seeking Faith: An Introduction to Religion in David Foster Wallace's Life / Martin Brick -- Came to Believe: The Religion of Alcoholics Anonymous in Infinite Jest / Rob Short -- A Less "Bullshitty" Way to Live: The Pragmatic Spirituality of David Foster Wallace / Robert K. Bolger -- "Not Another Word": Nietzsche and Wallace on Overcoming Nihilism / Michael McGowan -- In G.O.D. We Trust: The Desert of the Religious in The Broom of the System / Vernon W. Cisney -- "Saying God with a Straight Face": Towards an Understanding of Christian Soteriology in Infinite Jest / Dave Laird -- Infinite Jest, C.S. Lewis's Tao, and Religious Community / Peter Spaulding -- "Somewhat Lost and Desolate Inside": Overcoming Acedia in The Pale King / Michael O'Connell -- "The Moral Equivalent of War": Fungible Transcendentals in The Pale King / Robert Hamilton -- A Spoon, Some Eskimos, and the Wise Old Fish: Religion and the Evolution of Wallace's Kenyon Commencement Address / Matt Bucher and Martin Brick -- David Foster Wallace and Postsecularism / Ryan Lackey -- "There's Always a Mormon Around When You Don't Want One": What Wallace Can Teach the Church Media Machine / Jessica E. Sagers -- Zen Buddhist Philosophy Lurking in the Work of David Foster Wallace / Krzysztof Piekarski -- Conclusion: The Religious Worlds of David Foster Wallace: Both Fiction and Not / Michael McGowan.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Scholars of literature, religion, and philosophy explore the subject of religion in the life and writings of David Foster Wallace."-- Provided by publisher.
