"She was a great reader of theology," says Flannery O'Connor biographer Brad Gooch. "She said reading theology made her fiction bolder."
Posts Tagged: "God"
November 20, 2009: Brad Gooch Extended Interview
November 20, 2009: Ralph Wood Extended Interview
"For Flannery O'Connor, race was indeed the curse of the South in the sense that it was the single most important test which we as white Christians failed."
November 20, 2009: Father Thomas Joseph White Extended Interview
Reading Flannery O'Connor "was the first time I had read a Christian thinker or writer who I thought was impressive intellectually and challenging."
October 9, 2009: Cathleen Falsani Interview
Read and watch more of Kim Lawton's interview with religion columnist Cathleen Falsani, author of “The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers.”
October 2, 2009: Spiritual Gardening
"Every act of gardening embodies a way of relating to creation that invokes moral and spiritual decisions," writes Duke Divinitiy School professor Norman Wirzba.
September 25, 2009: Harvey Cox
In his new book on the difference between faith and belief, this Harvard professor and scholar of religion says what it means to be religious is shifting significantly as the 21st century unfolds.
September 25, 2009: Harvey Cox Extended Interview
Read more of Bob Abernethy’s interview in Cambridge, Massachusetts with theologian and Harvard professor Harvey Cox.
September 18, 2009: Marilynne Robinson Extended Interview
Read more of Bob Abernethy's interview with novelist Marilynne Robinson.
September 18, 2009: HOME by Marilynne Robinson
Read an excerpt from Marilynne Robinson's latest novel "Home."
July 17, 2009: Faith and the Brain
“Being religious or spiritual has a very profound effect on our biology and our brain,” says neuroscientist Andrew Newberg. “It can change our brain and change ourselves over time.”




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