Postmodern belief: American literature and religion since 1960

Introduction. Belief in meaninglessness

Believing in literature : Eisenhower, Salinger, St. Jacques Derrida

Supernatural formalism in the sixties : Ginsberg, chant, glossolalia

The Latin mass of language : Vatican II, Catholic media, Don DeLillo

The Bible and illiterature : Bible criticism, McCarthy and Morrison, illiterate readers

The literary practice of belief : lived religion, Marilynne Robinson, Left behind

Conclusion: The end of The road, devil on the rise.