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Balm in Gilead by Timothy Larsen

Balm in Gilead

A Theological Dialogue With Marilynne Robinson

Timothy Larsen, Keith L. Johnson

InterVarsity Press · Print & ebook · April 2, 2019

Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Marilynne Robinson is one of the most eminent public intellectuals in America today.

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Who it’s for
Readers interested in theological discussion of Marilynne Robinson’s work
Themes
Christian faith, Theological dialogue
Genres
Religion in the Arts, Religious Essays, Theology

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Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Marilynne Robinson is one of the most eminent public intellectuals in America today. In addition to literary elegance, her trilogy of novels (Gilead, Home, and Lila) and her collections of essays offer probing meditations on the Christian faith. Many of these reflections are grounded in her belief that the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformer John Calvin still deserves a hearing in the twenty-first century.

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This volume, based on the 2018 Wheaton Theology Conference, brings together the thoughts of leading theologians, historians, literary scholars, and church leaders who engaged in theological dialogue with Robinson's published work—and with the author herself.

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Publisher categories

  • Women's Lives
  • Religion in Literature
  • Religion in the Arts
Authors
Timothy Larsen, Keith L. Johnson
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Published
April 2, 2019
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Christian faith · Theological dialogue
Reading lane
Women's Lives