Literary criticism should be completed by criticism from a definite ethical and theological standpoint . . . It is . . . necessary for Christian readers to scrutinize their reading, especially of works of imagination, with explicit ethical and theological standards. The “greatness” of literature cannot be determined solely by
A person cannot confess if from the very beginning he sees a chasm between himself and sin. He must be completely and truly convinced that he belongs to the realm of sin.—Adrienne von Speyr, Confession With a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 34 percent “fresh,” Ridley Scott’s 2013 production of Cormac
We are caught in the appreciations of things by endowing them with names, but the nature of the world is nonverbal, has nothing to do with words at all. We cannot apprehend the true nature of reality beyond the veil of the nominal.—A reflection on Jung from Cormac McCarthy’s personal