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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
[2020]
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Religion and the arts
Année: 2020, Volume: 24, Numéro: 4, Pages: 399-414 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Saunders, George 1958-
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/ Prière
/ Soi
/ État de conscience modifié
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychologie de la religion BL Bouddhisme CB Spiritualité chrétienne CC Christianisme et religions non-chrétiennes; relations interreligieuses |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Buddhism
B George Saunders B Catholicism B Prayer |
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| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion and the arts
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685292-02404003 |