The Literature and Religion session invites abstracts for a panel that explores the multifaceted role of religion and spirituality within literary cultures, especially as they intersect with social hierarchies, power structures, and conflict. Religion has long shaped literary expression. Contemporary scholarship recognizes religion in literature not only as a source of moral orientation and personal conviction but also as a critical lens for analyzing identity, community, resistance, and ideological authority in narrative, poetry, and drama. In line with the 2026 PAMLA theme, “Our Ruling Classes: Culture, Power, Conflict,” we particularly welcome proposals that address how religious themes and spiritual imaginaries contribute to constructions or subversions of cultural power, whether through depictions of elite belief systems, colonial or anti-colonial spiritualities, classed religious formations, or counter-hegemonic faith practices. Comparative, interdisciplinary, and historically grounded approaches are encouraged.