Tag Archives: Christianity

Here Is No Water but Only Rock

By Robin Bates | Published: April 18, 2014

Dry rocks have functioned as images of spiritual desolation throughout the history of Good Friday poetry.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 30, 2014

A Salman Rushdie short story and a David Whyte poem lead to insights into the story of Jesus and the blind man.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 9, 2014

In Jane’s battle with St. John Rivers, we have material that helps us understand the true meaning of Lent.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 16, 2014

Philip Pullman based “Dark Materials” on “Paradise Lost” but came up with a theological muddle.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 2, 2014

If the “Chronicles of Narnia” are read narrowly as Christian propaganda, then they suffer and so does Christianity.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 26, 2014

Tim Winton’s novel “That Eye, the Sky” finds spiritual resonance in difficult circumstances.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 19, 2014

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” shows how the Bible can be misused and how we should interpret it to promote social justice.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 5, 2014

Conservatives criticizing Pope Francis would benefit from this Robert Nemerov poem.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 29, 2013

The opening of the Book of John is poetry of the first order.