Was Flannery O’Connor a Fan of Teilhard de Chardin? Setting the Record Straight

Was Flannery O'Connor a die-hard fan of Teilhard de Chardin? If you look around, you can find people who assert this as an indisputable fact. Ralph Wood, a prestigious O’Connor authority and a Catholic-loving Baptist, refuted that notion already long, long ago, first in a 1979 article (about which more anon), and in his 2005 book from Eerdmans, Flannery O’Connor and the Christ-Haunted South.
What is the basis for the myth that Flannery was (and her works are) Teilhardian? Quite simply this: she started off as an enthusiast of the French paleontologist, intoxicated as were so many others with his heady potion of prose-poetry-science-mysticism. But she lost her enthusiasm as the liquor wore off.
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[@marccrotty8447]

I studied Flannery O'Connor in the late 1970's. I found her to be orthodox and an adherent of traditional Catholicism. She died before Vatican 2 ended.

[@blueyedmule]

I fully plan on watching the Hawke biopic. I've been looking forward to it.

[@gandalfolorin-kl3pj]

I composed a long response to this video. But apparently UA-cam regards it as too long. Is there an email I can send it to?

[@DrKwasniewski]

You can find my email via my website, www.peterkwasniewski.com/

[@ralph_furley]

There is no way anyone is getting me to watch a movie of O'Connor made by Ethan Hawke.