By Alex Engebretson. The slow pace and deep delight in the beauty of the world that characterize Marilynne Robinson's Gilead novels can counter-catechize us to the demands of our liberal, capitalist society. The Church should take advantage of that.
Drawing on Robinson's essay collection The Death of Adam, Jennifer Frey looks at why the search for subjective happiness is leaving so many of us lonely, anxious, and unfulfilled.
By Rebecca Lewis. Marilynne Robinson has a high regard for American democracy--but she urges us to remember that it requires great humility and diligent tending in order to flourish.
By Justin Hawkins. Even thirty years later, Marilynne Robinson's Mother Country has not been adequately answered.
In dialog with a scientist friend and with the writings of Locke, Bl. Newman offers an explanation for how, in an age of ambiguity, we can come to believe with certainty.