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Intro
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
Secular 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
Sacrifice 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
Chapter 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
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
Secular 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
Sacrifice 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
Chapter 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