Description: "In this new book, Fr. Damian Ference proposes a more precise lens for decoding Flannery O'Connor's narrative art, one that originates in O'Connor's own words about herself: Hillbilly Thomism. The author examines the various ways in which St. Thomas Aquinas and the philosophical tradition of Thomism shaped not only O'Connor's view of reality but also the stories she told to help us see and know it."--from inside front flap.
Review Quotes: "Fr. Ference's scholarly work is a great contribution to the understanding of one of America's most influential authors, who used the incarnate human experience to expand the soul's ability to receive the mystery of transformative grace."--Bishop Edward Malesic