A Subversive Gospel: Flannery O’Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (Studies in Theology and the Arts)

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The excellent news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act. These notions were embodied within the literary work of American creator Flannery O’Connor, whose writing used to be deeply informed by both her Southern context and her Christian faith. On this volume in IVP Academic’s Studies in Theology and the Arts series, theologian Michael Bruner explores O’Connor’s theological aesthetic and argues that she reveals what discipleship to Christ entails by subverting the traditional understandings of beauty, truth, and goodness through her fiction. As well as, Bruner challenges up to date scholarship by exploring the little-known influence of Baron Friedrich von Hügel, a twentieth-century Roman Catholic theologian, on her work. Bruner’s study thus serves as a guide for individuals who enjoy reading O’Connor and―much more so―folks who, like O’Connor herself, follow the subversive path of the crucified and risen one.

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