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Toward a Postsecular “Fellowship of Deep Belief”: Sister Edgar's Techno-spiritual Quest in Don DeLillo's Underworld

This essay argues that the spiritual thesis of Underworld is postsecular in nature and calls for an understanding of cyberspatial connectivity as a potential vehicle for spiritual agency within the state of late capitalism. Through a close reading of Sister Edgar's pseudo-religious quest, which culminates in the novel's epilogue, the article posits DeLillo's cyberspace as a potentially sacred locale that is deeply rooted in the postsecular agenda.