The forsaken son : child murder and atonement in modern American fiction /
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Evanston, Illinois :
Northwestern University Press,
2016.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1987089 |
Table of Contents:
- "Rachel weeping" : atonement theology and forsaken children
- Cross as murder, cross as wound : recent developments in atonement theology and trauma theory
- "Forgotten by God" : Flannery O'Connor and Orthodox infanticide
- "God descended to suffer with us" : John Updike's search for a sensitive atonement
- "People who die bad don't stay in the ground" : surrogacy and atonement in Beloved
- "You are crucified too" : Joyce Carol Oates, atonement, and human behavior
- "Consubstantial monstrosity," "grim triune" : outer dark and divine child murder
- Afterword post-traumatic Christianity.