The Scandal of Reading: Uncovering Holy Wisdom

The Scandal of Reading: Uncovering Holy Wisdom

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God is a whale?

God is a whale?

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Jessica Hooten Wilson
Oct 13, 2022
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The former editor of Books and Culture, John Wilson is a friend as much as a mentor, so when he asked me to respond to a recent article about the godlessness of American fiction, I didn’t want to say no.

John Wilson and I in Wheaton, October 4, 2022

In “Has the American Novel Abandoned God?” Rev. Fergus Butler-Gallie claims that from Moby Dick to Franzen…

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