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I often tell my students that by far the most interesting philosophical topic is human beings. One of the central features of Marilynne Robinson’s thought is that God also considers us to be infinitely interesting.
This dense read feels a bit like sitting on a hard wood pew in itchy Sunday best
Marilynne Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist, best known for her works Gilead (2005), Home (2008), and Lila (2014), which are all set in small-town Iowa across the 20th century and revolve around two families of Protestant preachers. Her writing is gentle but compelling, and suffused with biblical themes played out in the lives of ordinary believers living on the American plains.
SIR –I am offended by Jeremy Hunt’s implication that income from “other sources” is somehow unfair and gaming the system (report, March 7).