The Porous Characters of Flannery O'Connor and the Buffered Characters of Walker Percy.

The article distinguishes Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy through Charles Taylor's concepts of the porous self and the buffered self, showing how O'Connor's characters remain open to divine grace while Percy's reflect the closed, secularized modern consciousness. Topics include the porous self's...

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Published in:	Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 60 - 93
Main Author:	SYKES, JOHN D.
Format:	Article
Published:	Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture Spring2026
Subjects:	Psychological vulnerability Worldview Mercy Self-consciousness (Awareness) Narration Taylor, Charles, 1931- Authors Identity (Psychology)
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