In this course, we are reading and discussing some of Fr Ryan's favorite stories from Flannery O'Connor.
This week, we consider "Revelation" and "Why do the Heathen Rage?" -- we prepare also for next week's stories, "Temple of the Holy Ghost" and "The Enduring Chill"
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Flannery
O’Connor
Session 2:
Revelation, and Why Do the Heathen Rage?
“The
truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
September 24th –
Revelation, and Why Do the Heathen Rage?
October 1st – Temple
of the Holy Ghost, and The Enduring Chill
October 8th – Good
Country People, and Enoch and the Gorilla
October 15th – A Good
Man Is Hard to Find, and Letters and Essays
October 22nd – A View
of the Woods, and The River
October 29th – The
Artificial Nigger, and Wildcat
*If there is interest, classes
will continue through November*
November 5th – Parker’s
Back
November 12th –
Everything that Rises Must Converge
November 19th –
Geranium, and Judgment Day
Themes in Revelation
A. Pharisaical Self-righteousness
B. Racism, whites and blacks; and
Classism, white trash and well to do
C. Self-awareness, the revelation
of how God sees us
D. Purgation of our virtues as
well as our vices
