Religious Canon and Literary Identity reenvisions Bals own work at theintersection of theology and cultural analysis while Enfolding Feminismargues for a new fe... » 

Religious Canon and Literary Identity reenvisions Bals own work at theintersection of theology and cultural analysis while Enfolding Feminismargues for a new feminist rallying cry that is not a position but a metaphor.More than a dozen other essays round out the four sections each of which isinterdisciplinary in its own right the section devoted to literature forinstance ranges widely over psychoanalysis theology photography and evenautobiography. A Mieke Bal Reader is the product of a capacious intellect anda sustained commitment to critical thinking. It will prove to be instructivemaddening and groundbreaking in short all the hallmarks of intellectualinquiry at its best. «