Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and index
The body, flesh and bone -- Discovering the body: Catholic literature after Vatican II -- Writing and the Catholic body: Mary Gordon's art -- Preserving the body: Annie Dillard and tradition -- Clothing bodies/making priests: the sacramental vision of J.F. Powers, Alfred Alcorn, and Louise Erdrich -- The body in doubt: Catholic literature, theology, and sexual abuse -- The body "as it was": on the occasion of Mel Gibson's The passion of the Christ
