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:


Night Reading

Franz Wright

Lights coming on
   in windows;
windows lit all
   night long
suddenly dark --

He seems to sleep,
   head nested
in crossed arms
on the desk,
   as he listens

to the first raindrops
striking the window,
the faint roar
   of aircraft just

vanishing with
   moonlit trail
past the horizon,
the underlined phrase.

      Summer 2009