A Subversive Gospel: Flannery O'Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

by Bruner, Michael Mears
ISBN: 9780830850662
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The good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act. These notions were embodied in the literary work of American author Flannery O'Connor, whose writing was deeply informed by both her Southern context and her Christian faith. In this volume in IVP Academic's Studies in Theology and the Arts series, theologian Michael Bruner explores O'Connor's theological aesthetic and argues that she reveals what discipleship to Christ entails by subverting the traditional understandings of beauty, truth, and goodness through her fiction. In addition, Bruner challenges recent scholarship by exploring the little-known influence of Baron Friedrich von Hugel, a twentieth-century Roman Catholic theologian, on her work. Bruner's study thus serves as a guide for those who enjoy reading O'Connor and--even more so--those who, like O'Connor herself, follow the subversive path of the crucified and risen one.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Bruner, Michael Mears
  • ISBN: 9780830850662
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.90 x 0.70
  • Number Of Pages: 260
  • Publication Year: 2017
Language: English