Scott Abbott, Professor of Literature & Philosophy at Utah Valley University, and George Handley, Professor of Environmental Humanities at Brigham Young University, explore the intersection of ecology and theology in Cormac McCarthy’s stunning novel The Crossing. Let us hereby honor the one-year anniversary of the great author's death (June 13, 2023). In this panel we discuss some of the thorniest questions facing humanity: how to confront the uncertainty of choice and consequence, how to stand against the void of suffering, how to wrestle the crosscurrents that test and reveal the shape of our character. Apart from their literary erudition, Abbott and Handley hold an abiding love for the natural world, a sense of stewardship for the kinds of landscapes that McCarthy describes with such haunting beauty. A Q&A follows.
The event was organized by Books & Bridges - a humanities forum of ideas and conversation. Our mission is to facilitate discussion on the best of human thought. We explore the wisdoms of the world and apply them to modern life. We have no political, religious or ideological affiliation. In a society divided by uncivil discourse, the beauty of the humanities-novels, history, philosophy, poetry, ethics and epics-lifts us to our better angels.
Негізгі бет To Stand in the Right and Godmade Sun: Earth and Crossing in Cormac McCarthy
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