Writers and readers work together in how novels are 'ead,' each bringing faith and belief to bear, to try to wrestle with questions that are, at the deepest root, the spiritual questions of our time and of our culture.
The Emmaus Readers-an eclectic multi-disciplinary group of book-lovers at Calvin College in Michigan-set out to find what is implicitly and explicitly spiritual in the fiction that frequents the bestsellers lists. They are committed to understanding how readers come to fiction with spiritual eyes, and to discern deeper truths and wrestlings that they had never before imagined. Together, they read-and were surprised.

The Emmaus Readers is a collection of their grapplings. Choosing novels of historical fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, realism, science fiction, and mystery-they probe, guide, question, and point-and so show ways in which readers might approach contemporary fiction from within the contexts established by their own faith. They write to you as fellow readers, walking along the same road to Emmaus, hoping to have eyes opened in ways none of us, perhaps, could have anticipated. The result is a book that will be treasured by anyone who loves novels, faith, and what binds the two together!