Invocation as Self-Change: George Saunders’s Use of Prayer

George Saunders, who was raised in the Catholic Church and became a Tibetan Buddhist as an adult, incorporates prayer into many of his short stories. Using Catholic and Buddhist definitions and conceptions of prayer, this essay examines prayers in three short stories—“Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz,”...

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Main Author: Wiley, W. Brett (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Religion and the arts
Year: 2020, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 399-414
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Saunders, George 1958- / Short story / Prayer / Self / Change of consciousness
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
BL Buddhism
CB Christian life; spirituality
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B George Saunders
B Catholicism
B Prayer
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