Ethics for Apocalyptic Times
Ethics for Apocalyptic Times is about the role literature can play in helping readers cope with our present-day crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the shift toward fascism in global politics. Using the lens of Mennonite literature and their own personal experience as a cult...
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2026
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| description | Ethics for Apocalyptic Times is about the role literature can play in helping readers cope with our present-day crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the shift toward fascism in global politics. Using the lens of Mennonite literature and their own personal experience as a culturally Mennonite, queer, Latinx person, Daniel Shank Cruz investigates the age-old question of what literature’s role in society should be, and argues that when we read literature theapoetically , we can glean a relational ethic that teaches us how to act in our difficult times. In this book, Cruz theorizes theapoetics—a feminist reading strategy that reveals the Divine via literature based on lived experiences—and extends the concept to show how it is queer, decolonial, and equally applicable to secular and religious discourse. Cruz’s analysis focuses on Mennonite literature—including Sofia Samatar’s short story collection Tender and Miriam Toews’s novel Women Talking —but also examines a non-Mennonite text, Samuel R. Delany’s novel The Mad Man , alongside practices of haiku and tarot, to show how reading theapoetically is transferable to other literary traditions. Weaving together close reading and personal narrative, this pathbreaking book makes a significant and original contribution to the field of Mennonite literary studies. Cruz’s arguments will also be appreciated by literary scholars interested in queer theory and the role of literature in society. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1772542026-06-06T05:45:42Z Ethics for Apocalyptic Times Cruz, Daniel Shank Theapoetics Mennonite literature Autotheory Sofia Samatar Jeff Gundy Di Brandt Sara Stambaugh Miriam Toews Casey Plett Greg Bechtel Janet Kauffman Samuel R. Delany Haiku Tarot Ethics Faith Community Apocalypse LGBTQA Latinx I Hear the Reaper’s Song The Body in Four Parts Summer of My Amazing Luck Women Talking Tender thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVP Religious life and practice::QRVP7 Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups::QRMB3 Protestantism and Protestant Churches Ethics for Apocalyptic Times is about the role literature can play in helping readers cope with our present-day crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the shift toward fascism in global politics. Using the lens of Mennonite literature and their own personal experience as a culturally Mennonite, queer, Latinx person, Daniel Shank Cruz investigates the age-old question of what literature’s role in society should be, and argues that when we read literature theapoetically , we can glean a relational ethic that teaches us how to act in our difficult times. In this book, Cruz theorizes theapoetics—a feminist reading strategy that reveals the Divine via literature based on lived experiences—and extends the concept to show how it is queer, decolonial, and equally applicable to secular and religious discourse. Cruz’s analysis focuses on Mennonite literature—including Sofia Samatar’s short story collection Tender and Miriam Toews’s novel Women Talking —but also examines a non-Mennonite text, Samuel R. Delany’s novel The Mad Man , alongside practices of haiku and tarot, to show how reading theapoetically is transferable to other literary traditions. Weaving together close reading and personal narrative, this pathbreaking book makes a significant and original contribution to the field of Mennonite literary studies. Cruz’s arguments will also be appreciated by literary scholars interested in queer theory and the role of literature in society. 2026-06-06T05:45:40Z 2026-06-06T05:45:40Z 2026-06-05T14:13:34Z 2023 book book ONIX_20260605T151934_9780271096063_2 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/113960 9780271096063 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177254 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/113960/1/9780271096063.pdf Penn State University Press Penn State University Press e4e05b94-0f85-49a1-ba66-543b1dd40087 9780271096063 Penn State University Press 178 University Park, PA open access |
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| topic | Theapoetics Mennonite literature Autotheory Sofia Samatar Jeff Gundy Di Brandt Sara Stambaugh Miriam Toews Casey Plett Greg Bechtel Janet Kauffman Samuel R. Delany Haiku Tarot Ethics Faith Community Apocalypse LGBTQA Latinx I Hear the Reaper’s Song The Body in Four Parts Summer of My Amazing Luck Women Talking Tender thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVP Religious life and practice::QRVP7 Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups::QRMB3 Protestantism and Protestant Churches |
| topic_facet | Theapoetics Mennonite literature Autotheory Sofia Samatar Jeff Gundy Di Brandt Sara Stambaugh Miriam Toews Casey Plett Greg Bechtel Janet Kauffman Samuel R. Delany Haiku Tarot Ethics Faith Community Apocalypse LGBTQA Latinx I Hear the Reaper’s Song The Body in Four Parts Summer of My Amazing Luck Women Talking Tender thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVP Religious life and practice::QRVP7 Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups::QRMB3 Protestantism and Protestant Churches |
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