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Informationen zum Autor Patty Campbell is editor of Rowman & Littlefield's Studies in Young Adult Literature series. She is the author of several books, including Robert Cormier: Daring to Disturb the Universe (2006), War Is: A Hard Look at Warfare by Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers (2008), and Campbell's Scoop: Reflections on Young Adult Literature (Scarecrow Press, 2010). Klappentext This book examines the presentation of spiritual issues in young adult fiction. It looks at how religious ideas, and those matters that are defined more broadly as spiritual, are represented. YA novels are selected by the authors, who then explain how these pieces of literature can appear as metaphors or as more direct theological references. Zusammenfassung This book examines the presentation of spiritual issues in young adult fiction. It looks at how religious ideas! and those matters that are defined more broadly as spiritual! are represented. YA novels are selected by the authors! who then explain how these pieces of literature can appear as metaphors or as more direct theological references. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: The Last Taboo Chapter I: Church and Clergy, Mostly Negative Chapter II: Bible Stories in Young Adult Books Chapter III: Death and the Afterlife Chapter IV: End Times and the Apocalypse Chapter V: Mysticism Chapter VI: The Divine Encounter Chapter VII: Other Faiths and Spiritual Practices: Judaism Chapter VIII: Other Faiths and Spiritual Practices: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and a Sikh or Two Chapter IX: Mormon Themes in YA Literature - by Chris Crowe Afterword Appendix: Godsearch Bibliography Index About the Authors
