The liberal‐Christian vision in Alan Paton's autobiography

Ngwenya, Thengani H.

doi:10.1080/1013929x.1997.9678021

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“…Hence my list of references is deliberately extensive though not by any means complete, since it is intended to act as a resource for researchers. Though Paton's involvement in politics, his role as a South African writer and his strong Christian convictions have been much studied (e.g., Alexander, 1994;Callan, 1982;Foley, 1999;Ngwenya, 1997;Paasche, 1992) not much is known of his earliest views or writings and only one local study has focused superficially on his religious beliefs (Smith, 1987). I address this further lacuna in my research generally.…”

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Religion, literature and identity in South Africa: the case of Alan Paton

Levey

2007

Koers

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This article draws on recent research into the early unpublished work of Alan Paton to suggest that the interrelationship of (English-language) literature and religion in South Africa is a much under-researched field despite numerous examples of such research elsewhere. One short case study based on Paton’s lecture on “God in modern thought” (1934) is offered. The value of a hermeneutic approach to literature that considers human identity in terms of incarnation, for example, is briefly argued and other possibilities suggested

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