Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["Gray, Rich" <RGray AT montreat.edu>]

Is Kev Kevin still a priest, or has he left the priesthood in Love in the 
Ruins?
 
Another priest is Fr. Placide in Thanatos Syndrome.  He performs the routine 
tasks of a suburban pastor.  He calls Tom More to attend to Fr. Reynaldo 
Smith, isolated in the firetower.  Does Placide represent any themes, or is 
he simply part of the context?
 
Rich

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: RHONDA MCDONNELL [mailto:rhonda_mcdonnell AT msn.com] 
        Sent: Sat 4/15/2006 12:09 AM 
        
        

        This might be stating the obvious (or, who knows, it might be way off 
base),
        but after seeing the Kinsey biopic, I couldn't help but think that 
Fr. Kev
        Kevin was a send up of Kinsey, who apparently came from a 
fundamentalist
        background and ended up at some sort of vagina console of his own.
        
        --Rhonda
        The best lack all convictions, while the worst
        Are full of passionate intensity. -- WB Yeats
        
        
        >From: JHForest AT cs.com
        >Reply-To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion"
        ><percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
        >To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
        >Subject: Re: [percy-l] weatherbee
        >Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 04:16:33 EDT
        >
        >In a message dated 4/11/2006 8:10:58 PM Romance Daylight Time,
        >Bernard.Collins AT jhuapl.edu writes:
        > > Has anyone mentioned the "Dutch schismatic" Fr. Kev Kevin in 
LITR? He
        > > "takes clinical notes, operates the vaginal console," and sits at 
the
        >computer,
        > > "reading a book, Christianity Without God."
        > >
        >
        >Fr Kev represents a form of post-Christianity in which social 
adaptation
        >has
        >the upper hand. Fr Kev has no obvious interest in the Gospel or Jesus
        >Christ
        >and has lost all sense of connection with his (former) Church.
        >
        >Jim
        >* * *
        >Jim and Nancy Forest

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