Journal of UOEH
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The Hidden Jesus Christ of D. H. Lawrence
The Man Who Died
Nobuko NAKANO
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1982 Volume 4 Issue 4 Pages 549-559

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Most critics are unanimous that D. H. Lawrence was frantically religious for all his uncompromising antagonism toward traditional Christianity. His religious perception was of a different nature from that of a mystic or a religious dignitary. It was based on his extraordinary recognition of human existence, in which he was unconsciously enchanted by the image of Jesus Christ. If we were to re-examine the sayings and allegories of Jesus which appear in the Gospels of St. Matthew, St. Mark and St. Luke, which were reported not to have undergone deliberate theological magnifications, it will not be impossible to find a similar pattern of Jesus Christ's philosophy ; this is because He is an archetype of human existence without which no one can attain his own truth of life. This paper presents the characteristics of Lawrence's Christ and how they are related to the Christ portrayed in the Gospels.
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© 1982 The University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
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