I describe an exciting article in which two academics argue that the greatest proof of the Christian story lies not in historical testimony but in the power of the story itself.
Tag Archives: Paradiso
The Deep Truth of the Christian Story
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The Rose that Cannot Wither
Henry Vaughan’s “My Soul, There Is a Country” reminds us that Christ’s love is there for us in difficult times.
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Finding Sanctuary within the Self
Teasdale’s lovely poem “Sanctuary” finds other ways than the conventional to put us in touch with God.
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Hearing the Celestial Voices
Two shepherd poems to mark the shepherd references in today’s lectionary.
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Christ Be with Me, Christ within Me
To understand the Trinity, think of yourself sitting in nature and seeing God both in and beyond your surroundings.
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Expressing Thanks Is Its Own Reward
Thanks giving is not (as Milton’s Satan) contends, a burdensome debt but the key to deep joy.
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Dante’s Version of Heaven on Earth
In talking to Solomon in Paradiso, Dante gets a new vision of heaven on earth.
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Philip Pullman’s Unorthodox Afterlife
In “Amber Spyglass,” Pullman rebels against orthodox versions of the afterlife and creates his own.
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Homer, Virgil, Dante and the Afterlife
Literary afterlives, such as we encounter in Homer, Virgil, and Dante, are as much about this world as the next.
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