Atheist Loves Christian Writer

 

Writing in the New Yorker, self-described atheist Mark O'Connell explains why he loves Marilyn Robinson's work, though it is steeped in Christianity.

Robinson visits RPI tomorrow:  http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/robinson_marilynne13.html

"When I say that I love Marilynne Robinson’s work, I’m not talking about half of it; I’m talking about every word of it."

More in the New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/05/marilynne-robinson.html