Religions in Shakespeare's Writings

<p>Offering a wide range of scholarly perspectives Religions in Shakespeare's Writings explores Shakespeare's depictions throughout his canon of various religions and matters related to them. This collection's fifteen essays explore matters pertaining to Catholic Anglican and Puritan Christianity the Albigensian heresy of the high middle ages Islam Judaism Roman religion different manifestations of religious paganism and even the religion of Shakespeare practiced by Shakespeare's nineteenth-century admirers. These essays analyze how Shakespeare depicts both tensions between religions and the syntheses of different religious expressions on topics as diverse as Shakespeare's varied portrayals of the afterlife religious experience in Measure for Measure and Black natural law and The Tempest. This collection also explores the political ramifications of religion within Shakespeare's works as well as Shakespeare's multifaceted uses of the Bible. Additionally while this collection does not present a Shakespeare whose particular religious beliefs can definitely be known or are displayed uniformly throughout his canon various essays consider to what extent Shakespeare's individual works demonstrate a Christian foundation. Contributors include John D. Cox Cyndia Susan Clegg Grace Tiffany Matthew J. Smith Bethany C. Besteman Sarah Skwire Feisal Mohamed Benedict J. Whalen Benjamin Lockerd Bryan Adams Hampton Debra Johanyak John E. Curran Emily E. Stelzer David V. Urban and Julia Reinhard Lupton.</p>