Brad Harper reviews Jon Coutts’ analysis of True Grit. Harper appreciates Coutts asking about what happens when men and women submit to one another in Christ. This is a crucial question, especially for the time we live in, that Coutts explores through this classic western. While Harper is intrigued by the movie’s placement of “grit” in both men and women, he is more intrigued by the Christological implications of grit when it is redefined by one of the character’s redemption. Harper then pushes Coutts to go further in his answer to the original question both biblically and theologically.
The Institute for Cultural Engagement, an official program of Multnomah University and Biblical Seminary