A Subversive Gospel - Flannery O'Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

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.

About the author

Michael Mears Bruner (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is associate professor of practical theology at Azusa Pacific University. Born and raised in the Philippines as the son of missionaries, he is currently a resident scholar at the Huntington Library, an ordained minister in the PC(USA), and a recent recipient of a Lilly Endowment in theology and the arts.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Bruner, Michael Mears Bruner
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780830850662
• ISBN: 978-0-8308-5066-2
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 437 g
• Series: Studies in Theology and the Arts; Studies in Theology and the Ar; Studies in Theology and the Ar; Studies in Theology and the Arts; Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity