Description: An overarching study of the reciprocal relationship between Christianity and literature in the West from Augustine to Graham Greene.
Brief description: Revd Dr Ambrose Mong is assistant parish priest at St Joseph's Church, Hong Kong, part-time lecturer at the Holy Spirit Seminary, and research associate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His recent publications with James Clarke & Co. include Christianity in the Modern World: A Study of Religion in a Pluralistic Society (2022), Sino-Vatican Relations: From Denunciation to Dialogue (2019), and A Better World Is Possible: An Exploration of Western and Eastern Utopian Visions (2018).
Review Quotes: In this judicious survey, Ambrose Mong masterfully traces the themes of sin and grace through some of the major works of the Western Christian literary tradition. From Augustine and Dante to Dostoevsky and Graham Greene, the book offers an illuminating account of the way faith and imagination have grown up together in Western cultures.--Ben Myers, Professor of Theology and Literature, Alphacrucis University College.