Genesis
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Creation Myths July 10, 2024
In Marilynne Robinson’s latest book, Reading Genesis, she carries the theology implicit in her fiction back to its scriptural source. “So often I have seen the dawn come and the light flood over the land and everything turn radiant at once, that word...
In the Beginning, There Was Marilynne Robinson March 08, 2024
What is there still to say about a text that is thousands of years old and has been translated into over 700 languages? That has been painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, carved in marble, filmed on celluloid, and built in Lego? That has per...
When Marilynne Robinson Reads Genesis March 07, 2024
There was a hymn we used to sing when I was a child, one of those lusty, murderous chants characteristic of the Anglican Church in its high-Victorian pomp. Written in 1894, it vibrates with imperial certainty—of salvation, election, sure destiny....
And It Was Good March 06, 2024
Marilynne Robinson is a writer who requires little introduction. Her novels Housekeeping and Gilead, at this point certifiable classics, are staples in recommended reading lists. It’s relatively uncontroversial to say that Robinson is one of our grea...
