Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editor’s Foreword vi
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Part 1
6. 1 Introduction: Religion and the Novel 1
7. 2 The Religious Other 34
8. 3 The Secular Scripture 77
9. Part 2
10. 4 Introduction: Religion, the Egyptian Novel and the New Literary Sensibility 111
11. 5 Intertextual Dialogues 122
12. 6 The Coptic Theme 153
13. 7 Mystical Dimensions 189
14. 8 Feminist Perspectives 219
15. Conclusion 254
16. Works Cited 260
17. Index 279