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Flannery O’Connor At 100: Faith And Fiction In The American South
Flannery O’Connor At 100: Faith And Fiction In The American South

(ANALYSIS) If she were still alive, Tuesday would mark Flannery O’Connor’s 100th birthday. This milestone invites us to explore the many ways in which her Catholic faith shaped her literary genius. O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, where Protestantism was the norm. Her decision to follow Catholicism wasn’t just a personal faith choice, but a key part of her identity and a driving force in her writing.

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Analysis, Catholicism, Christianity, Women, women, BooksJohn Mac GhlionnJohn Mac Ghlionn, Flannery O'Connor, analysis, Catholicism, Catholic Church, Christianity, writing, Literature, faith, fiction, books, women, Women's History MonthComment
The Faith Questions That Haunted The Life Of Gorbachev
The Faith Questions That Haunted The Life Of Gorbachev

(OPINION) It isn’t every day that one of the creators of a political thriller gets to ask its real-life protagonist to evaluate the novel’s plot. But that happened when the late Billy Wireman, president of Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina, handed the last Soviet Union leader a copy of “The Secret Diary of Mikhail Gorbachev.”

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OpinionTerry MattinglyTerry Mattingly, Tmatt, On Religion, Soviet Union, Communism, Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia, Billy Wireman, Literature, Christianity, Orthodox ChristianityComment