Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Religious Use and Abuse of Literature: Notes Toward a Short History -- 2. Forms of Religious Meaning in Literature -- 3. The Place of the Literary Critic in Religious Studies -- 4. The American Writer and the Formation of an American Mind: Literature, Culture, and Their Relation to Ultimate Values -- 5. American Literature and the Imagination of Otherness -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.