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  • From: "Wade Riddick" <wriddick AT usa.net>
  • To: <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [percy-l] Is the Edsel a metaphor for the church?
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:17:10 -0400

Just a thought: the Edsel was famous for being technologically advanced - it
pioneered a number of new automotive features - but its design flopped,
misreading consumer tastes. The car was famous for a prominent oval on its
front grill mocked as a puckering fish.

"Spuriously elegant and unsound."

Does Percy conjure this sputtering transport to allude to a broader vehicle of
faith, given that the fish symbol has been long associated with the church?




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