Reason, Fiction and Faith: a conference on Flannery O'Connor

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An International Flannery O'Connor Conference

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The April 20-22, 2009 conference was sponsored by the Poetics & Christianity which is "an international forum for studying the intersection of artistic culture and expressions of religious faith, with a special emphasis on narrative and dramatic arts. It offers a meeting place for scholars and artists of diverse fields of expertise."

The O'Connor Conference was the 4th gathering of scholars and other interested parties matters pertaining to art and faith. Since Flannery O'Connor is relatively unknown in Europe, Father Wauck felt it was time to introduce the world to writer who lived her Catholic faith and wrote fiction using Catholic sacramentality. Father Wauck said,

"Flannery O'Connor's fiction offers an example of what Catholic art can achieve when it's fully informed by a sophisticated theological understanding, a rigorous philosophical background, and also the kind of dedication to craft, to the artistry of writing that she combined."

A video clip on the conference can be seen here.

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Paul A. Zalonski is from New Haven, CT. He is a member of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, a Catholic ecclesial movement and an Oblate of Saint Benedict. Contact Paul at paulzalonski[at]yahoo.com.

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