![]() ![]() John remembers the way he and his friends used to torment Owen in Sunday school class. But he owes the faith he has to Owen Meany. He says that he has a "church-rummage" religious faith-one that needs patching up every Sunday. He says that when he dies, he will attempt to be buried in New Hampshire next to his mother, though it will be difficult to have his body returned to the United States from Canada, where he now lives. He says that he is not exactly a devout Christian, but he is a regular churchgoer and reads his prayer book often-more often, in fact, than he reads his Bible. ![]() John describes his history of religious faith, his conversion from Congregationalism to Episcopalianism and from Episcopalianism to Anglicanism. John Wheelwright, the narrator of the story, writes that he will always remember Owen Meany-not because of Owen's loud voice or his tiny body, or even because he was the instrument of John's mother's death, but because Owen Meany is the reason that John believes in God. ![]()
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