Award winning novelist of Betrayal in Naples. Saving Caravaggio was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year. Just finished new novel Family of Love, a theological novel
Tue 24 Mar, 2015 05:37 am - I should have mentioned Dostoevsky - yes, I've read BK and others. I may well have exhausted all the novels out there on this subject. (view)
Tue 24 Mar, 2015 04:57 am - I'm interested in any good novels that deal seriously, thoughtfully, and with an open-mind, theological / religious issues through story and character.
I should confess a deeper personal... (view)
Mon 23 Mar, 2015 07:55 am - Revelations shouldn't even be in 'scripture' - it was a late edition, much argued over. I'd replace it with Leaves of Grass. (view)
Sun 22 Mar, 2015 03:16 am - I agree, but I'm just conforming to a Western tradition. I've wrestled with 'it' and 'they' - and the issues of God's personhood and unknowability is actually... (view)
Sat 21 Mar, 2015 04:16 am - You're right - sort of. There are very persuasive theories about the impassability of God that still allows Him to love his creation. I tend to think of God as implanting our creative spirit... (view)
Fri 20 Mar, 2015 10:47 am - I think 'extended scripture' should be a personal choice, and doesn't invalidate it. Although I'm not sure anyone would choose Tarantino. I think extended scripture requires a... (view)
