There are a number of established book series in which a religious figure features as part-time detective. We asked mystery author ... he saw it as a kind of Christian allegory, and I think ...
By Sarah Weinman In Francis Spufford’s new novel, “Cahokia Jazz,” a detective must solve the mystery of a staged killing before its repercussions destroy his city’s social and political order.
In his book Beyond Belief ... loving Jewish life and what happened in and to that life. Christian mystery is not better known by withdrawing from people and place, conflict and controversy ...
Marilynne Robinson’s novels always leave me with a visceral impression of celestial light ... God is himself and the world is itself—we are not speaking of pantheism here—but they are also one. This ...
1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life ... water of the sea is a symbol of death and so can represent the mystery of the cross. By this symbolism Baptism signifies communion ...