Persuade Us to Rejoice

Persuade Us to Rejoice
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Persuade Us to Rejoice: The Liberating Power of Fiction

Description of Robert Mcafee Brown, author of Persuade Us to Rejoice:

Studying such literary figures as W.H. Auden, Samuel Beckett, Frederick Buechner, Albert Camus, Ursula K. LeGuin, C.S. Lewis, Alan Paton, Ignazio Silone, Alice Walker, Elie Wiesel, and Charles Williams, Brown illustrates "the liberating power of fiction" by enabling the reader to enter their worlds. Brown asserts that although there is no faith that offers ironclad guarantees against future struggles, the wisdom of these authors can help us toward praising and rejoicing.