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25 Great Novelists Who Affirm Faith I’m always on the lookout for something new to read or watch or listen to. That’s why, in the last chapter of my new book, Discovering God Through the Arts, I provide many such lists that might prove interesting and helpful for the spiritual searcher. Here is an expanded version of one list: 25 great novelists who reflect on Christian faith through their work. As you read through my picks, please understand I am not arguing these are the very best 25. ...

"Anton Chekhov" (1898) by Osip Braz (Wikipedia); right: Bell tower in a Russian Orthodox church (Brett Johnson/Unsplash.com) Before he became a literary master, Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) sang (like a “little convict”) in the church choir that his father conducted. Punctually the acolyte assisted at the altar, arose early for matins, and ascended the belfry to toll the bells. But for whom? “And what of it?” he asked, recalling from a distance that pious childhood, “it seems to me rathe...