History’s greatest crime writer had an often overlooked religious side – and a distinctly Protestant one at that.
Literature
The Spirit of Liberty in “Paradise Lost”
What did John Milton really think of freedom?
The Beautiful Cross of Asher Lev
The beauty of the cross surprises us in a classic Jewish novel.
Ovid in Narnia
Detecting allusions to Actaeon and Io in “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”
John Milton: The Pagan Puritan
What if the point of “Paradise Lost” was not what Milton thought of Satan, but what he thought of himself?
A Gift to Read: A Prophecy of Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023)
On the death of America’s great novelist.
Entering the Temple: George Herbert’s “Church-porch” and Liturgical Poetics
How does George Herbert prepare the heart for worship with poetry?
The Still Point at the Center: Four Quartets and Easter Weekend
Walking through Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday with T.S. Eliot.
Such Color: A Review
Former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith’s latest collection is a triumph.
Poetry and the Metaphysics of Wonder
The best poetry follows from a robust view of creatio ex nihilo