Professor Emeritus of Literature and Theology at University of Glasgow; Distinguished Overseas Professor at Renmin University of China; founder of Literature and Theology . Areas of research: Literature, art and theology. Main Publications: Literature and Theology as a Grammar of Assent ; The Sacred Community: Art, Sacrament, and the People of God ; The Sacred Body: Asceticism in Religion , Literature, Art, and Culture; An Introduction to the Study of Literature and Religion; and others.