The Language Of Grace: Flannery O'connor, Walker Percy, and Iris Murdoch Catholic Basics with four petal-like bracts forming

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shows how applying the steps of lectio divina to teaching can reorient religious education toward encountering the person of Christ rather than merely sharing information about him

and practical applications to integrate these mysteries meaningfully into daily life

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The Language Of Grace: Flannery O'connor, Walker Percy, and Iris Murdoch Catholic Basics with four petal-like bracts formingHawkins explores both traditional and contemporary ways grace has been handled in literature. The traditional representation of grace is explained using, among other things, the parables of Jesus. Then he turns to more contemporary literature, including O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find, Percy's The Second Coming, and Murdoch's A Word Child. Through these novels and short stories, Hawkins highlights the impoverishment of spirit and imagination