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Edmondson, Todd.

Priest, prophet, pilgrim : types and distortions of spiritual vocation in the fiction of Wendell Berry and Cormac McCarthy / Todd Edmondson. - 1 online resource (vii, 242 pages) - Distinguished dissertations in Christian theology ; 13 . - Distinguished dissertations in Christian theology ; 13. .

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Louisville, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242).

Theological themes in Christian spirituality -- Priest, prophet, pilgrim : (re)defining the terms -- Theological themes in the lives and works of Wendell Berry and Cormac McCarthy -- Life in the flesh : the priestly vocation in the fiction of Berry and McCarthy -- Membership and community : the prophetic vocation in the fiction of Berry and McCarthy -- A knack for the here : the pilgrim vocation in the fiction of Berry and McCarthy.

ISBN: 9781630873400 1630873403

Subjects--Personal Names:
Berry, Wendell, 1934- --Criticism and interpretation.
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- --Criticism and interpretation.
Berry, Wendell, 1934-
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Spirituality in literature.
Religion in literature.
Religion in literature.
Spirituality in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PS374.R47 / E36 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 813.5409