"Textuality, Culture and Scripture," a study of the necessary and close relations between the three concepts, argues for the necessary role of textuality in culture and the inadequacy of a cultural theory based on materialism. It explores the standing and role of scripture in textual theory and in cultural, group and personal identities.

Wesley A. Kort taught in the Department of Religion at Princeton University before he joined the faculty of the Department of Religion and the Graduate Program of Religion at Duke University where he served until becoming professor emeritus of religion in 2014. He is the author of 11 books and many scholarly articles in books and journals that relate religious, literary, and cultural studies to one another.

Introduction; 1. The Rise of a Materialist Culture; 2. Culture and Textuality; 3. "Scripture" as a Necessary Category in an Adequate Textual Theory; 4. "Scripture" and the Bible; 5. Reading the Bible as "Scripture"; Conclusion; Index.