“When Redemption Fails: Reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and the Gospel of John at the End of the World”
Shelly Rambo, Boston University School of Theology
Is there redemption at the end of The Road? What does it means to survive? What does it mean to be one who remains? Reading through the lens of trauma theory, this talk explored Cormac McCarthy’s vision of redemption in his searing and post-apocalyptic novel, The Road, and asked what likeness can be drawn between McCarthy’s vision and the final chapters of the Gospel of John.
Location: Boston University School of Management, room 412
595 Commonwealth Avenue