I’ve got sort of a followup question to the one somebody asked you about Abraham in a recent NCR article of yours. It’s about how to read Genesis 1-11. I’ve heard that Catholics tend to read those ...

This careful analysis of the foundational text is full of telling details and keenly observed parallels The award-winning novelist and social critic Marilynne Robinson has turned the focus of her ...

If we truly took the Bible seriously, I’m not sure we would ever get past the first chapter. Consider: in ancient Near Eastern societies, it was the king who was thought of as an image of God; it was ...

The Gilead author explores the first book of the Bible and finds it full of meaning – even hope – for today In an extended dialogue between Marilynne Robinson and Barack Obama, published a few years ...