What's Love Got to Do With It? Christianity, Africanism, and Privilege in Marilynne Robinson's Jack
Jack was the only beacon of hope in a step toward racial reconciliation in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead novels. Unfortunately, in Robinson's latest novel, Jack, Jack remains the static selfish, destructive, unreliable wanderer who is ill fit to combat racial discrimination, and thus unsuita...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2022
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2022, Volume: 71, Issue: 2, Pages: 208-222 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Love
B Africanism B Race B African Americans |
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| Summary: | Jack was the only beacon of hope in a step toward racial reconciliation in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead novels. Unfortunately, in Robinson's latest novel, Jack, Jack remains the static selfish, destructive, unreliable wanderer who is ill fit to combat racial discrimination, and thus unsuitable for Della. This article aims to examine why Jack and Della's relationship was destined for failure at its inception. The failure and impracticability of their interracial relationship becomes apparent upon explication of historical Christian passivism and separatism, Marilynne Robinson's American Africanist treatment of race relations, and Jack's use of his white privilege. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2022.0018 |