Kudos to friends here and here, both of whom directed me here- to the Michael Horton White Horse Inn interview with Marilynne Robinson. Robinson wrote both Gilead and Home, two of my most favorite reads over the last couple of years. The 34 minute discussion mesmerized me. I couldn't take notes quickly enough, so I listened twice. That good, those 34 minutes..Some intriguing thoughts, stuff to really chew on for a while...
Robinson on Darwinism and reductionism- "Science cannot serve the place of religion... because it cannot generate ethics or morality."
On "parascience"- which "makes an argument look scientific but has nothing to do with how something is thought of scientifically."
On Robinson's interest in Calvin- who had "such an incredibly high sense of who human beings are."On living as Christians- "In every moment, God challenges us, asks difficult things of us, and our obligation is always to other people."(v. to self) And, "act not in your own interest... but in a desire to know God."
On grace- "Grace really is divine. People struggle with forgiveness, but God is highly capable of grace."
On good fiction- "A good book almost reinvents what it is to be a good book; it makes its own case. If it is generous, if it is offered in good faith, it will be a book of serious quality."
And more.
Now, The Death of Adam has been officially added to my list...
(art credit: The Death of Adam by Piero Della Francesca, c. 1446)
2 comments:
oh my yes.
you will also LOVE her essay on the privilege of mothers being at home with their little children(can't remember the title). she takes a historical and economic angle i never thought about before...
Hey there - I'm listening to Home right now. Just started yesterday and am loving it! Thanks for the link to the interview. Hopefully I'll get to it soon. And *thanks* for yet another book to put on my wish list! :-) Blessings and be warm! B.
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