Grace again. Misc.

[Mark Kohut]

Now THAT'S an answer I did not expect---nor really know (although I know
some of that shit from that tradition).
Another theologian rendered into the dustbin of churchyards because of
Augustine's dominance.

A heretic, P's tradition. One might say a theological preterite,
analogously speaking? As Bailey alludes, and Morris fills in:
a kind of theological shlemiel, maybe? Profane Pelagius.

I'm going to suggest that as Pynchon transformed the concept of Grace
within the religious tradition, for him
in the fiction, it became like "the free will" of the cosmos---which might
all be predetermined, of course, per your observation---
when Lew experienced it unexpectedly.....when Against the Day ends....



On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the way back, Pelagius (St Agustine's antagonist) thought we didn't
> need Grace--that our free will was sufficient to overcome sin. So, the
> opposite of Grace is Free Will.  Which science now says doesn't exist.
>
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From the wayback (but eternal?) religious uses, the opposite might be
>> damnation.
>>
>> What might it be in Pynchon's transformation of the meaning of the word?
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You are the native speaker, Mark, but I would say it's bullshit if you
>>> don't provide context. What kind of grace? You have disgrace, you have
>>> clumsiness, I'm sure you have more opposites of grace.
>>>
>>> 2017-07-29 21:11 GMT+02:00 Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> I suggest "trump"
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: ‎7/‎29/‎2017 20:06
>>>> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>> Subject: Grace again. Misc.
>>>>
>>>> Gracelessness is an absence of grace, but the English language lacks a
>>>> word for the opposite of grace.--Cass Sunstein, very recent essay.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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