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Reading Flannery O'Connor's The Turkey as a Christian Humanist

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Scott Postma
Sep 27, 2025
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Flannery O’Connor was a Christian humanist. One of the key tenants of Christian Humanism is that the fall did not entirely erase the image of God in man; nor did it completely remove Eden from his memory. Another key tenant of Christian Humanism is the reality of the Incarnation. The implications of these tenants are manifold and writers like Flannery O…

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