The Thin Blue Line of Theodicy: Flannery O'Connor, Teilhard de Chardin, and Competitions between Good/Good and Evil/Evil
This essay explores the concept of theodicy in Flannery O'Connor's works of fiction. O'Connor's fiction complicates the subjects of good and evil, moving the reader through what seem to be competitions not only between good and evil, but also between actions of good and actions o...
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Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 5, Pages: 1-10 |
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Christian vision
B Teilhard de Chardin B Theodicy B Flannery O'Connor B Good and evil |
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