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The imagery of "turning" and “returning” is integral to the story of the Whiskey Priest in Graham Greene’s novel The Power and the Glory. On a theological level, the priest’s physical journey represents the turning from grief and sorrow to joy and hope in the maintenance and affirmation of his faith. The notion of turning is central to the narrative and theological structure of the novel. This book’s main concern is the revelation of God's saving glory and the human response of faith, signifying the turning from darkness to light, from death to life. Throughout the narrative, “glory” is revealed in the person and ministry of an unnamed “whiskey” priest who is hunted by Communist authorities during the religious persecution in Mexico in the early twentieth century. Despite his own sense of worthlessness, (he refers to himself as a bad priest, is a heavy drinker, and has fathered an illegitimate child), he is determined to continue to function as a priest until capture or escape to the North. The priest turns back and forth both physically and spiritually throughout the book, between earthly salvation and eternal salvation. Earthly salvation in the form of escape to safe lands in the north, and a r