The Gift in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead and Cormac Mccarthy’s The Road
The theology of the gift explored, in the writings of John Barclay, John Milbank, and Simon Oliver, provides a useful framework for understanding how the gift operates in two Pulitzer-winning novels: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. While scholars of Robinson and McCarthy...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2025, Volume: 29, Issue: 5, Pages: 585-610 |
| Further subjects: | B
theology and literature
B Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road B theology of gift |
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| Summary: | The theology of the gift explored, in the writings of John Barclay, John Milbank, and Simon Oliver, provides a useful framework for understanding how the gift operates in two Pulitzer-winning novels: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. While scholars of Robinson and McCarthy have explored the religious dimensions in each text, there has been a dearth of analysis connecting these two texts, especially around the topic of grace. Both novels share an understanding of gift rooted in a biblical vision of creation and incarnation. The essay, in turn, questions postsecular readings of Gilead and The Road that emphasize the presence of "weak religion" by suggesting that a robust theological content exists in these two texts. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5292 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion and the arts
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685292-02905002 |
