The Conference on Christianity and Literature is an interdisciplinary society dedicated to exploring the relationships between Christianity and literature. Organized formally in 1956, CCL is dedicated to both scholarly excellence and collegial exchange and includes hundreds of members from a variety of academic institutions and religious traditions from the United States, Canada, and more than a dozen other countries.
2025 Book of the Year Award
The Conference on Christianity & Literature is very pleased to announce that its 2025 Book-of-the-Year Award goes to Flannery O’Connor and the Church Made Visible: A Revolutionary Witness for the Sake of the Gospel by Ralph Wood (Baylor University Press).
2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
The Conference on Christianity and Literature is pleased to announce that Diane Glancy is a recipient of the 2024 CCL Lifetime Achievement Award.
Christianity & Literature Volume 75, Issue 2 (March 2026)
Christianity & Literature is a scholarly journal devoted to the exploration of how literature engages Christian thought, experience, and practice. The journal presupposes no particular theological orientation but respects an orthodox understanding of Christianity as a historically defined religious faith.
Call for Papers- Midwest/Southwest
“Taking Care”
College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, Missouri
September 25-26, 2026