Of Squawking Seagulls and the Mutable Divine: Karl Ove Knausgaard's 'A Time for Everything' (With Reference to 'My Struggle')

With this issue, the review section of Bible & Critical Theory begins a new series of “Books and Culture” review essays. Alongside traditional scholarly book reviews of select new titles in biblical studies, these review essays will feature critical, scholarly engagements, written by established biblical scholars, of books and general culture which are not, per se, directly addressing “biblical scholarship.” At times, the intersection with biblical studies will arise because of an author’s use of Bible—implicit or explicit—in a creative or literary work. Others, however, will feature books that closely intersect with history, literature, economics and cultural studies, critical theory and philosophy, or other fields of scholarship of interest to readers of Bible & Critical Theory. Leading off the series is Peter J. Sabo’s fine engagement with Karl Knausgaard. We welcome your suggestions for books of interest and hope that you find these essays stimulating. Please address your comments and suggestions for future titles to review (or reviewers of interest) to the Book Review Editor, Robert Paul Seesengood, at the address provided by the journal. We hope you enjoy this series.