Conversions as Effects of God’s Power in Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited and Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory and The End of the Affair
This article explores the theme of religious conversion in three 20th-century English novels. Through Brideshead Revisited (1944), The Power and the Glory (1940), and The End of the Affair (1951), Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene, two major English writers who underwent personal conversions to Roman C...
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Mélanges de science religieuse
2026
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Gaia: | This article explores the theme of religious conversion in three 20th-century English novels. Through Brideshead Revisited (1944), The Power and the Glory (1940), and The End of the Affair (1951), Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene, two major English writers who underwent personal conversions to Roman Catholicism, delve into the complexities of faith, sin, divine intervention and holiness within a modern, morally ambiguous world marked by spiritual uncertainty. This article argues that Waugh and Greene approach conversion not as a straightforward, didactic moral lesson, but as a layered, introspective journey often shaped by love and human frailty. The characters grapple with deep personal conflicts, leading them through moments of spiritual crisis. Their spiritual awakenings reveal how divine grace works subtly, transforming flawed individuals and guiding them towards conversion. The three novels thus offer profound meditations illustrating the power of divine intervention in the face of human imperfection and its effect on the characters. |
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