Christianity as a Moral Force in the Fiction of John A. Lee
It has often been assumed that John A. Lee, one of New Zealand's most famous and influential authors, was anti-clerical and dismissive of Christianity. This opinion stems from the fact that Lee was a lapsed Presbyterian and a scientific socialist who frequently denounced Christian individuals a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2021
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2021, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 404-419 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NCB Personal ethics |
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John A. Lee
B Shiner Slattery B Children of the Poor B Civilian into Soldier |
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| Summary: | It has often been assumed that John A. Lee, one of New Zealand's most famous and influential authors, was anti-clerical and dismissive of Christianity. This opinion stems from the fact that Lee was a lapsed Presbyterian and a scientific socialist who frequently denounced Christian individuals and institutions in his fiction. In this article, I argue that Lee was actually a secular Puritan who regarded the Gospel message as compatible with radical socialism. Consequently, he tended to criticize Christian individuals and institutions only when he felt that they had departed from the teachings of Jesus Christ. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2021.0049 |