A couple of months ago I was browsing a used book store and picked up a paperback copy of John Updike's Roger's Version. Written in the early 80s it is about a Divinity School professor (Harvard?) who is challenged by a true believer who thinks he can prove God's existence via a computer program.
It is a great story with lots of theology (Barth and Tertullian are the professor's favorites), psychology, cultural observation, and of course, sex. The professor is a naughty boy.
Perhaps it is his naughtiness that enables him the grace to realize that the presence of God is in God's absence.
On the last day of the year of his death, I remember fondly, John Updike.
John
ReplyDeleteHow many boys are NOT naughty in Updikes books?
Ha! Good question!
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with each of us
and is
soma-deep gets past
the head
all the way to the gut
our soul' ecology
rounds the corner
turned on the Great Lathe
that is Spirit
submitted by a redneck who loves having a preacher who's a heretic
Janice,
ReplyDeleteThank you! Love that!
BTW, Janice, I think you meant to post here.
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