The first book in the new Postcolonialism and Religions series offers a preview of the series focus on multireligious, indigenous, and transnational scholarly voices. In this book, the once arch enemies of Religious studies and Postcolonial theory become critical companions in shared analysis of major postcolonial themes.

Proceedings of a conference held May 2, 2008 in Manchester, England.

Return to Eden is the long-awaited sequel to West of Nod. In 167 pages, "Grandma" Webb, now 92, gives a semi-autobiographical account of her life starting in "Eden" -- her fictitious Kentucky home first brought to life in her first novel, West of Nod. Return to Eden covers her early life growing up in an idyllic setting, meeting the man who would become her husband of 69 years, and exploring all the homely melodrama of her life she enjoyed as a devoted wife and mother of three rambunctious kids. While all the cast-member's names have been changed, those who know Grandma Webb will be able to...