Böcker i Leeds-Swansea Colloquia on Contemporary German Literature-serien

In German-speaking Europe, as in other parts of the western world, questions of religious identity have been discussed with sudden urgency since the attacks of '9/11'. In this book, the essays explore a range of genres which engage with religion in contemporary Germany and Austria.

Addresses whether the collective entity known as Germany should more properly be conflated with the Federal Republic, with its successful sixty-five-year history ('the best Germany we have ever had'), rather than the 'nation' with all its tainted connotations and corrupted concepts such as 'Vaterland'.