The Conference on Christianity & Literature

ChristLit Discussion Group

ChristLit is an open, moderated discussion list featuring the interrelations between Christianity and Literature. The list will maintain a relationship with the Conference on Christianity and Literature and has among its purposes increasing a sense of community among subscribers. It is not intended for theological dispute.

Items likely to be discussed include:

  • New scholarship, commentary, criticism, and queries.
  • Announcements of meetings, seminars, calls for papers.
  • Ideas for teaching literary texts with an awareness of their relation to the Christian tradition.
  • Critical perspectives and theories informed by Christianity.

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Moderator:
Daniel E. Ritchie, English Department
Bethel University (MN)
d-ritchie@bethel.edu

 

Questions to Tammy Ditmore (tammy.ditmore@pepperdine.edu)

In the Latest Issue of Christianity & Literature:

What is
Given

Julie L. Moore

As though Moses himself
is standing high
upon this
Rocky Mountain cliff
poised to proclaim
once again God's law,
cars and SUVs pull over,
line up along both sides
of the national park's
concrete curve, cameras
angling, people pointing,
awestruck by a
simple white goat,
her beard and horns
marking her, unmoved
by all the commotion
hundreds of feet below.

She's just standing
where she's safe,
where her kid,
half-hidden by her side,
entices the crowd
that hungers for more
but must be satisfied,
always,
with what is given.

Spring 2008