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TY - JOUR
T1 - Novels of redemption.
AU - Sherry, Patrick J.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Novels of redemption are ones which attempt to convey how God's redemptive purposes may work through human lives, e.g. Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment or Mauriac's The Knot of Vipers. The central themes of such novels are those of evil (i.e that from which people are redeemed) and grace. The latter is shown as working in different ways, sometimes through a sudden crisis and illumination, sometimes through slow change and growth. Two recurrent characters are the priest and the saint, who are depicted as channels of grace and mediators of redemption.
AB - Novels of redemption are ones which attempt to convey how God's redemptive purposes may work through human lives, e.g. Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment or Mauriac's The Knot of Vipers. The central themes of such novels are those of evil (i.e that from which people are redeemed) and grace. The latter is shown as working in different ways, sometimes through a sudden crisis and illumination, sometimes through slow change and growth. Two recurrent characters are the priest and the saint, who are depicted as channels of grace and mediators of redemption.
U2 - 10.1093/litthe/14.3.249
DO - 10.1093/litthe/14.3.249
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 249
EP - 260
JO - Literature and Theology
JF - Literature and Theology
SN - 1477-4623
IS - 3
ER -