AtD: Lew's experience of grace

Richard Fiero rfiero at gmail.com
Wed Dec 1 20:05:05 CST 2010


alice wellintown wrote:
>I can't quite follow the logic here. Is it that humans can not and
>have never experienced grace? Or is it that humans cut off from grace
>are tragic?

The human condition is tragic. I know this because I read about 
Oedipus. Now I think that was a play in a culture which had some 
pretty heavy-duty ways to renew - gods all over the place and with a 
lot of planting and fertility activities. Some have even claimed to 
have experienced a catharsis by just seeing the play.
What's the point? How can the audience be having a good time? It's a tragedy.






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