Christianity and Pynchon
Jeff & Penny Harper
padgett.harper at verizon.net
Mon Jul 29 08:32:34 CDT 2002
Hi all,
Though I can tell I'm fighting well out of my class intellectually, I'm
fascinated by this discussion and would like to introduce the
following points:
- The whole idea of Preterite and Elect, of course, fits neatly
into the Christian ethos -- Jesus' entourage (even in the stripped-
down Jesus Seminar version) consisted almost entirely of the
Preterite of the day, and his enemies were the Elect.
- Had I but world enough and time I would do a text search on
"kindness" -- this quality illuminates some of the most moving
passages of Pynchon's writing, and is of the essence of Jesus'
single commandment "Love one another."
Penny
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