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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Gide’s Immoralist & Trump’s Double Game
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What Drives You to Go Forth?
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
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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