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113 - Can a Novelist "Create" a Saint? - Joshua Hren
In his new book How to Read (and Write) Like a Catholic, fiction writer and editor Joshua Hren lays out an approach to Catholic literature that spans all the way from St. John Henry Newman called "a record of man in rebellion" to the other end of the continuum, which is a representation of the Beatific Vision. Topics discussed include:
How important is beauty to fiction? Will beauty save the world?
The importance of particularity; Carmelite vs. Ignatian views of imagination
Newman and Augustine on the uses, limitations, and dangers of indulging sentiments about fictional characters
Can the…
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