Tag Archives: André Gide

Gide’s Immoralist & Trump’s Double Game

By Robin Bates | Published: May 5, 2020

Trump plays a double game, pretending to be president while acting like a teenage rebel. So does Michel in André Gide’s “Immoralist.”

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What Drives You to Go Forth?

By Robin Bates | Published: March 30, 2019

Spiritual Sunday The prodigal son is one of Jesus’s most challenging parables. I once read about a rightwing Christian arguing that Jesus had it all wrong since the story’s outcome violated her views about who deserves to be helped, whether by God or the government. Writers have had their own interesting takes. Andre Gide, tormented […]

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We Feel Closest to God in the Desert

By Robin Bates | Published: March 5, 2016

André Gide takes the story of the Prodigal Son and sees it a parable of unconventional exploring and spiritual hunger. Returning home, as Gide sees it, is a defeat, yet the message is Christian nonetheless.

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