Flannery O'Connor: Writing a Theology of Disabled Humanity
"In 'The Regional Writer,' Flannery O'Connor states that limitation provides 'a gateway to reality.'  Timothy J. Basselin's Flannery O'Conner: Writing a Theology of Disabled Humanity offers a gateway to understanding how O'Connor's fiction led her to a profound literary vision and theological perspective on the grace and mystery of disability."--Rosemary M. Magee, Vice President and Secretary of Emory University; Director of the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory; and author ofConversations with Flannery O'Connor"In a contemporary Christian world that looks too often for 'instant uplift,' for easy answers to hard questions, is there any voice more important than Flannery O'Connor's? Her grotesques, so often misunderstood, prophesy against our idols and false gospels. Timothy Basselin is uniquely qualified to show, with remarkable insight and clarity, how the brokenness in O'Connor's fiction points the way to the gospel."--Jonathan Rogers, author ofThe Terrible Speed of Mercy: A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O'Connor"Basselin takes readers on a revealing and riveting journey into the heart of O'Connor's fiction, where imperfect characters grapple with sin in a fallen world. By plumbing the mysterious depths of O'Connor's grotesques, Basselin points the way to recognizing in the faces of suffering humanity the startling visage of Christ and shows how acceptance of suffering opens the floodgates to grace, not just in O'Connor's fiction, but in real life too."--Dr. Lorraine V. Murray, author ofThe Abbess of Andalusia: Flannery O'Connor's Spiritual Journey