Between Noon and Three: Romance, Law, and the Outrage of Grace

Capon, Robert Farrar

ISBN 10: 0802842224 / ISBN 13: 9780802842220

Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Compa, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Noon and Three: Romance, Law, and the Outrage of Grace
• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Compa
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802842224
• ISBN 13: 9780802842220
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Picture a college town in the mid-1970s. An English professor who has become an expert in extramarital dalliances is smitten by one of his graduate students. They meet for lunch around noon, and before three they make declarations of love. Is it possible that their subsequent affair could ultimately teach us something about true forgiveness and the radical meaning of grace? Only Robert Farrar Capon would have the audacity - and the authorial skill - to fashion such a tale. It has taken well over a decade for Between Noon and Three to appear in this, its original form. First published under two separate titles with significant parts excised and an entire section recast, the real Between Noon and Three is actually a trilogy of intertwined tales, each of which exhibits Capon's persistent insistence on the outrageous nature of grace. The original manuscript is here printed in full, including a new introduction by Capon on the work's unusual history.

About the Author

Robert Farrar Capon (1925-2013) was an Episcopal priest and prolific author. Over the course of his career, he held a variety of roles, including parish priest at Christ Church in Port Jefferson, dean of the George Mercer Jr. Memorial School of Theology, assistant to the rector at St. Luke's Church in East Hampton, and canon theologian to the Episcopal Bishop of Long Island. His many books included The Supper of the Lamb, The Fingerprints of God, and The Foolishness of Preaching.