J. M. Coetzee and Christianity

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Alicia Broggi (Independent scholar, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
16 April 2026

Literary studies: post-colonial literature

Series: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing

This book explores the nexus between religion and literature in J. M. Coetzee’s writings, as they relate to his readings of key Christian thinkers and ideas. In the process, it examines Coetzee’s extensive efforts at revising and reimagining a variety of Christian legacies across his full corpus.

Inspired by Coetzee's more overt, recent engagement with Christianity, this book excavates the prior subterranean developments across his early and middle works. It provides the most comprehensive study to date of his rewriting of Christian mores and rhetoric from eighteenth-century English novels; his frequent revisiting of the Christian author Fyodor Dostoevsky; and his pervasive re-imagining of traditional Christian subjects such as grace, redemption, and Jesus.

Informed by original archival material, this book illuminates Coetzee’s writing process, especially from Dusklands to the Jesus trilogy. It provides a sustained exploration of the contexts from which his abundance of Christian allusions and concepts were drawn, how they change in his hands, and how they effect changes in the “new” contexts of his innovative novels.

By: Alicia Broggi (Independent scholar UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350500235
ISBN 10: 1350500232
Series: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 16 April 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction I. “The spirit of Geneva triumphant in Africa”: Exorcising Power in Fiction II. “What does it mean to speak of [---]?’: Developing an Apophatic Craft IV. “Cruciform logic”: Dialogism and the Problem of Evil V. “Is it too late to educate the eye?”: Salvation and Sensibility VI. “Why seek ye the living among the dead?”: The Living Word “I believe in those little frogs”: A Conclusion Works Cited

Alicia Broggi is a freelance writer. She has travelled extensively, researching the intersections of religion and literature in Africa, Europe, the US, and Asia. She has two degrees in theology, as well as a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and a doctorate in English literature from the University of Oxford, UK.

Reviews for J. M. Coetzee and Christianity

Alicia Broggi’s impressive J. M. Coetzee and Christianity reflects in thoughtful and sustained ways on the author’s engagement across his career with the legacies of Christian thought, including concepts of immortality, charity, redemption, and grace. Informed by extensive and sensitive explorations in the Coetzee archive, Broggi’s book is distinguished by a breath-taking mix of clarity and rigour. This is a bold and important study bringing readers face-to-face with the ‘ultimate questions’ that Coetzee’s work raises * Elleke Boehmer, Professor of World Literature in English, Oxford University, UK *