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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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
[2020]
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Religion and the arts
Jahr: 2020, Band: 24, Heft: 4, Seiten: 399-414 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Saunders, George 1958-
/ Kurzgeschichte
/ Gebet
/ Selbst
/ Bewusstseinsveränderung
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Religionspsychologie BL Buddhismus CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität CC Christentum und nichtchristliche Religionen; interreligiöse Beziehungen |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Buddhism
B George Saunders B Catholicism B Prayer |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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,” “My Flamboyant Grandson,” and “Tenth of December”—and argues that, though Saunders incorporates prayer that formally and content-wise appears Christian, the instances ultimately reflect a Buddhist idea of prayer as a means of self-change and as a practice that affirms the enlightenment of the person praying. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5292 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religion and the arts
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685292-02404003 |