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

Deeply informed by her Southern context and Christian faith, the literary work of Flannery O'Connor embodies the ideas that Jesus' gospel is subversive and that following him is a rebellious act. In this theological exploration, Michael Mears Bruner argues that O'Connor's fiction overturns traditional understandings of beauty, truth, and goodness to reveal what discipleship to Christ entails.