Gavin D'Costa Gavin D'Costa i(A117957 works by)
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1 Atonement and the Crime of Seeing : Patrick White's Riders in the Chariot Gavin D'Costa , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature and Theology , vol. 22 no. 2 2008; (p. 162-179) "Patrick White's 'religious' vision in 'Riders in the Chariot' is explored. Against readings from a Jewish perspective, a Christian perspective or a secular non-religious perspective, this article proposes an alternative. It suggests that White brings together a synthetic vision in which three religious traditions are affirmed as complimentary with a new fourth, the artist as religious visionary. In doing so, White respects the deep differences between these traditions while also drawing on an analogical commonality: the redemptive value of suffering and the nature of an unfinished atonement within our lives." (162)
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