Interestingly, Murder in the Cathedral provoked quite a debate in post-War Germany. This was one response:
'Eliot’s starkly medieval, anti-psychological rendition of Becket’s passion treats his martyrdom as an event in human time, when God’s divine order makes itself known to human beings. A Christian martyrdom reveals the structure of the divine order, calling those who witness it to assume their designated place in that order, which is marked by humble recognition of one’s sinfulness and dependence on God’s grace.'
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