Marilynne Robinson’s novels always leave me with a visceral impression of celestial light. Heavenly bulbs seem to switch on at climactic moments, showing a world as undimmed as it was at Creation. “I ...

God separates the light from the darkness (left) and creates the firmament (right), from the Bible des Grands Augustins, 1494 - Bridgeman Conventional learned commentaries on the first book of the ...

Genesis is itself the work of profound theologians, and it has been used as the source text for many more. But as well as providing inspiration and insight, it does also raise some knotty questions ...

Considering how often the Bible is characterized as a great work of literature, it is rarely read like one. Few would suggest a piecemeal approach to Crime and Punishment, jumping from chapter to ...

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 ...