1 Contraries: Linguistic, Narrative, and Theological -- 2 Just Reflections -- 3 Serious Reflections : An Apology for Faith and Fiction -- 4 Biblical Allusions as Narrative Resources -- 5 Political Impersonations and Cultural Implications -- 6 Political Imaginings: Sacred and Profane -- 7 Marriage and Matrimony: The Dialectic of Sex and Love -- 8 Defoe's Imaginary : Narrative Inference, Figurative Expression, and Spiritual Cognition.