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DESCRIPTION:After rejecting Christianity and God\, George Eliot continued t
 o speak\, seemingly with approval\, of conversion\, saints\, worship\, and
  religion. One might be tempted to write off her extensive use of religiou
 s language as mere metaphor or as vague and impotent spirituality. But bef
 ore adopting this easy explanation\, one must reckon with several highly s
 uggestive facts. First\, there is the utter seriousness of her moral visio
 n. Second\, it is very tempting to venerate the protagonists of her last t
 wo novels as saints. And third\, she writes many stories of conversion\, t
 wo of which at least are perhaps more moving than that of St. Augustine in
  his Confessions. In this lecture I will argue that George Eliot’s last 
 three novels should be read as attempts to reveal that the best human life
  is lived with a kind of secular or natural religiousness.\n\nSanta Fe Gra
 duate Institute summer lectures will be recorded and premiere on YouTube o
 n Fridays at 7 p.m. MT/5 p.m. ET.
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LOCATION:Santa Fe Campus\, Pritzker Student Center
SUMMARY:"George Eliot’s Beautiful Atheistic Religiousness" – Richard Mc
 Combs
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.sjc.edu/event/richard-mccombs-george-eliots-be
 autiful-atheistic-religiousness
CATEGORIES:Graduate Institute Summer Lectures
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