Tag: David E. Anderson
As the world celebrates the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, is its voice receding in American culture? More
To mark his 70th birthday on May 24, we reprise an essay on religion, spirituality, and Bob Dylan, who once said, “There’s mystery, magic, truth, and the Bible in great folk music. I can’t hope to touch that. But I’m going to try.” More
“The people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when I painted them,” said artist Mark Rothko. More
How have religion in general and the King James Bible in particular figured in America’s literary history? More
Marilynne Robinson's Calvinist Protestantism imbues her with a fierce political liberalism grounded in Scripture and informs the respect with which she describes small movements of character and conversation.
Read an essay on religion and American imperialism by David E. Anderson, senior editor at Religion News Service. More
Read David E. Anderson’s review of “American Religious Poems,” an anthology of American religious poetry. More
Read Faith and Doubt After Easter by David E. Anderson.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly's David E. Anderson reviews GILEAD, a novel by Marilynne Robinson.