Tag Archives: Christianity

Pullman Is of the Devil’s Party

By Robin Bates | Published: February 16, 2014

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

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Real Religion Is Like Literature

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.

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This House Is Filling with Light

By Robin Bates | Published: January 26, 2014

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

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Christianity in the Slave Owning South

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.

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Christianity vs. Capitalism

By Robin Bates | Published: January 5, 2014

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

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In the Beginning Was the Word

By Robin Bates | Published: December 29, 2013

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

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Weeping, We Hold Him Fast Tonight

By Robin Bates | Published: December 15, 2013

Christina Rossetti invokes Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins awaiting the bridegroom in this Advent poem.

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Dear God, Drive These Cruel Doubts Away

By Robin Bates | Published: December 8, 2013

Anne Bronte’s moving poem shows her wrestling with deep spiritual doubts.

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Farewell to the Boy with the Golden Crown

By Robin Bates | Published: October 20, 2013

Yesterday at my father’s memorial service I read ones of his poems about the recurrent cycle of life.

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