Helena’s Witness
Scholars have criticized Evelyn Waugh’s novel Helena as flawed and uneven—an unfortunate subjection of his artistic gifts to the perceived demands of his faith. It is often read as a fictional work of apologetics, straightforwardly defending the empirical truth of Christianity. In fact, however, Wau...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
[2017]
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| Στο/Στη: |
Christianity & literature
Έτος: 2017, Τόμος: 66, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 263-273 |
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | CD Χριστιανισμός και Πολιτισμός ΚΑΒ Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 30-500, Πρώιμος Χριστιανισμός KCD Αγιογραφία, Άγιοι ΤΚ Σύγχρονη Εποχή |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Theology
B FAITH (Christianity) B Religious Thought B relic B Helena B Evelyn Waugh B Faith B Skepticism B WAUGH, Evelyn, 1903-1966 B Apologetics B Doubt B Saint |
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| Σύνοψη: | Scholars have criticized Evelyn Waugh’s novel Helena as flawed and uneven—an unfortunate subjection of his artistic gifts to the perceived demands of his faith. It is often read as a fictional work of apologetics, straightforwardly defending the empirical truth of Christianity. In fact, however, Waugh deliberately allows questions to arise regarding his key claims, and especially his heroine’s “invention” of the True Cross. Though the novel does contain apologetic elements, it is really a story about faith, about bearing witness: a saint’s story. And the faith it depicts not only allows for but actively embraces both skepticism and doubt. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333117692811 |
