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Tag Archives: Religion
Myth Busting and Myth Building in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials
A few years ago, my husband and I watched a popular television show. Whenever I tried to explain the show’s …
George Eliot on Marriage, Human Nature, Money, Politics, Religion, Feminism, and Gossip in Middlemarch
Well, that title is quite a mouthful. I should’ve just said that George Eliot covers just about everything in her …
When I Grow Up I Want to Be Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson is so smart that I can barely understand her books. Her work forces me to slow down, savor …
The Music of Les Miserables and the Book (I Guess)
Yes, my husband read Les Miserables (1862) before I did. Several years before I did, in fact. When we were …
How to Train Your . . . White Whale?
My only in-person experience with white whales occurred at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when a male beluga …
The Bible as Art, Music, and Literature
Once in a graduate class, a fellow student stormed out when the teacher asked us to think about how Christianity …
Jane Eyre, Twilight, and Christianity
When I confessed to never having read Jane Eyre (#3 on the BBC book list) a few years ago, my …
