Flannery O'Connor: Hillbilly Nihilist or Hillbilly Thomist? | Dr. Jennifer Frey (UTulsa) скачать в хорошем качестве

Flannery O'Connor: Hillbilly Nihilist or Hillbilly Thomist? | Dr. Jennifer Frey (UTulsa)

Join us for our 30th annual Holmer Lecture in Christianity and the Humanities with Dr. Jennifer Frey (Philosophy, University of Tulsa). This lecture is in partnership the Department of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas. Noted for her fascination with grotesque characters and the extremes of human nature, Flannery O'Connor is an often misunderstood writer. In this talk, Dr. Frey will argue that the key to unlocking the fiction of O'Connor is understanding her as a student of St. Thomas Aquinas. Using St. Thomas as our guide to understanding O'Connor, Frey will help us explore the relationship between art and truth, literature and theology, and wisdom and common sense. By tracing the movement of grace in her stories, we can begin to understand O'Connor on her own terms: as a woman who wrote "happy stories" thick with the promise of God's mercy and redemption. Anselm House exists to help students and faculty at the University of Minnesota connect faith & knowledge with all of life. For over 40 years, Anselm House has sought to wholeheartedly serve the University of Minnesota from the center of campus. From the very beginning we’ve endeavored to help the campus community—from freshman to faculty—make meaningful connections. Our story is one of gathering, educating, and sending out whole leaders for the whole of life.