Parables of Costly Grace: Flannery O'Connor and Ken Kesey
“Kesey's and O'Connor's contrasting images of the human dilemma naturally produce contrasting modes of redemption. For Kesey, redemptive self-sacrifice is heroic, through the inspirational power of heroism to elicit imitation. For O'Connor, grace is primarily the experiencing of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1972
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Theology today
Year: 1972, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-171 |
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| Summary: | “Kesey's and O'Connor's contrasting images of the human dilemma naturally produce contrasting modes of redemption. For Kesey, redemptive self-sacrifice is heroic, through the inspirational power of heroism to elicit imitation. For O'Connor, grace is primarily the experiencing of forgiveness, and the humbling of self is both its preparation and its effect, as is proper to a Thomistic understanding of grace.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057367202900207 |