Heresy studies is a new interdisciplinary supra-religious and humanist field of study that
focuses on borderlands of dogma probes the intersections between orthodoxy and heterodoxy and
explores the realms of dissent in religion art and literature. Free from confessional agendas
and tolerant of both religious and non-religious perspectives heresy studies fulfill an
important gap in scholarly inquiry and artistic production. Divided into four parts the volume
explores intersections between heresy and modern literature it discusses intricacies of
medieval heresies it analyzes issues of heresy in contemporary theology and it demonstrates
how heresy operates as an artistic stimulant. Rather than treating matters of heresy blasphemy
unbelief dissent and non-conformism as subjects to be shunned or naively championed the
essays in this collection chart a middle course energized by the dynamics of heterodoxy
dissent and provocation yet shining a critical light on both the challenges and the
revelations of disruptive kinds of thinking and acting.