Making the Truth: Fiction as Theology in Marilynne Robinson's Jack
Comparing her fiction and nonfiction, I argue that Robinson's writing is most true when she's "making the truth." Her fiction is better theology than her theology. Robinson's nonfiction lacks the force of truth that we find in a novel like Jack. It is when she is making the...
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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: 244-256 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture FA Theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Calvinism
B Creative Nonfiction B Marilynne Robinson B aesthetic cognitivism |
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| Summary: | Comparing her fiction and nonfiction, I argue that Robinson's writing is most true when she's "making the truth." Her fiction is better theology than her theology. Robinson's nonfiction lacks the force of truth that we find in a novel like Jack. It is when she is making the truth in the novel that we see the outworking of a theology whose truth is alluring, affective, beguiling. Thus Robinson's fiction is a case study for the claims of aesthetic cognitivism which claims the unique cognitive advances afforded by art. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2022.0020 |