A Subversive Gospel : Flannery o'Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (331 pages)
- Studies in Theology and the Arts Series .
- Studies in Theology and the Arts Series .
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- List of Excursuses -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: A Medieval Modern -- 1 The Baron: O'Connor's Theological Turn -- 2 The Liminal Frame: O'Connor's Moral Vision -- 3 Artistic Habitus: O'Connor's Dramatic Vision -- 4 The Subverted Transcendentals in Selected Short Stories -- 5 The Violent Bear It Away: A Case Study in Subversion -- Conclusion: O'Connor's Cathedral of Fire -- Addendum: Literature as Liturgy -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Scripture Index -- Studies in Theology and the Arts -- Notes -- Praise for A Subversive Gospel -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press -- Copyright.
The good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act. Exploring the theological aesthetic of American author Flannery O'Connor, Michael Bruner argues that her fiction reveals what discipleship to Jesus Christ entails by subverting the traditional understandings of beauty, truth, and goodness.