The Religious Perspectives in Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory

Abstract

    This paper examines the religious perspectives and the conflict between good and evil with its merits and demerits in graham Greene’s novel “The Power and the Glory”. It reveals his Catholic believes as he portrays his characters with the events of the novel. This paper deals with a novel which is considered as a depiction of the Roman Catholic Church and with what they believe.

           The research paper presents the character of the whisky-priest in Greene’s novel The Power and the Glory. Particular attention has been paid to the author’s use of two perspectives upon the figure of the priest: one shows the character in his mundane existence, with all his human weaknesses and vices, whereas the other view stresses the character’s moral and religious superiority which testifies to his sainthood.