001482125 000__ 04533nam\\2200565\i\4500 001482125 001__ 1482125 001482125 003__ DLC 001482125 005__ 20231122003330.0 001482125 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001482125 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001482125 008__ 230808s2023\\\\dcu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001482125 010__ $$a 2023035640 001482125 020__ $$a9780813236667 001482125 020__ $$a0813236665 001482125 020__ $$z9780813236650 001482125 040__ $$aNhCcYBP$$cNhCcYBP 001482125 042__ $$apcc 001482125 050_4 $$aPS153.C3$$bL58 2023 001482125 08200 $$a813.5409921282$$223/eng/20230809 001482125 1001_ $$aLittle, Brent$$c(College teacher),$$eauthor. 001482125 24510 $$aActs of faith and imagination :$$bTheological patterns in Catholic fiction /$$cBrent Little ; foreword by Mark Bosco, SJ. 001482125 264_1 $$aWashington, D.C. :$$bThe Catholic University of America Press,$$c[2023] 001482125 300__ $$a1 online resource (xv, 300 pages) 001482125 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001482125 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001482125 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001482125 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001482125 5050_ $$aIntro -- Contents -- Foreword by Mark Bosco, SJ -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Patterns of Faith in the Catholic Literary Imagination -- Some Additional Clarifications -- A Glance Ahead -- Chapter One. A Pattern Of Convergence: Faith, Fiction, and Fragment -- What Is Faith? -- Catholic Fictional Works as Theological Texts -- Encounters with Doubt: Greene's Monsignor Quixote -- Fragments of Faith in the Catholic Literary Imagination -- Chapter Two. A Pattern of Contrast: Grace and Faith in Modern and Contemporary Short Stories 001482125 5058_ $$aSecular Faith Overturned: O'Connor's "The Displaced Person" and "The Enduring Chill" -- Contemporary Fiction's Postmodern Context -- Uncertain Faith: Grace in the Contemporary Short Stories of L'Heureux, Klay, and Quade -- Chapter Three. Faith as Resistance To Evil -- Spark's Hidden Sacramental Imagination in The Girls of Slender Means -- Conversion from the Perspective of Evil in Percy's Lancelot -- Can Evil's Existence be Defended? -- Innocent Suffering in L'Heureux's The Shrine at Altamira: Hope or Despair? -- Chapter Four. Sacrifice And Grace 001482125 5058_ $$aSacrifice as Vicarious Suffering: Greene's The Power and the Glory -- Martyrs, Both Reluctant and Willing: Solidarity in Sacrifice in Endo's The Samurai -- Sacrifice and the Suffering of Children: Uwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them -- Chapter Five. Woundedness And Community -- Community as a Source of Grace -- The Turn toward Mystical Community: O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away -- Community Reconfigured: Woundedness in Gordon's The Company of Women -- The Surprise of Grace-Filled Community: A Sacramental Reading of Morrison's Paradise 001482125 5058_ $$aChapter Six. Sacramentality in Catholic Fiction: Some Thoughts on a Pattern of Contrast -- A Subtle Sacramental Correction: Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie -- Grace Both Extraordinary and Ordinary: Hansen's Mariette in Ecstasy -- Searching for Glimmers of Sacramentality: McDermott's The Ninth Hour -- A Step Back from the Pattern of Contrast: Some Final Remarks -- Conclusion. A Pattern of Convergence Revisited: A Theological Reflection -- Snapshots of Faith in Western Theology -- A Pattern of Convergence: Some Final Observations -- Bibliography -- Index 001482125 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users 001482125 533__ $$aElectronic reproduction.$$bAnn Arbor, MI$$nAvailable via World Wide Web. 001482125 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2023). 001482125 61020 $$aCatholic Church$$xIn literature. 001482125 650_0 $$aAmerican fiction$$xCatholic authors$$y20th century$$xHistory and criticism.$$vFiction$$0(DLC)sh2009113959 001482125 650_0 $$aAmerican fiction$$xCatholic authors$$y21st century$$xHistory and criticism.$$vFiction$$0(DLC)sh2009113959 001482125 650_0 $$aCatholic fiction$$xHistory and criticism.$$vFiction$$0(DLC)sh2009118544 001482125 650_0 $$aTheology in literature. 001482125 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001482125 7001_ $$aBosco, Mark,$$eauthor of foreword. 001482125 7102_ $$aProQuest (Firm) 001482125 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aLittle, Brent$$tActs of faith and imagination$$dWashington : The Catholic University of America Press, 2023$$z9780813236650$$w(DLC) 2023035639 001482125 852__ $$bebk 001482125 85640 $$3GOBI DDA$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=30788942$$zOnline Access 001482125 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1482125$$pGLOBAL_SET 001482125 980__ $$aBIB 001482125 980__ $$aEBOOK 001482125 982__ $$aEbook 001482125 983__ $$aOnline