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John Updike

Correspondence theory & Updike’s “Seven Stanzas of Easter”

April 26, 2011 by Tom Grosh IV 2 Comments

When considering the correspondence theory of truth in Christianity and Literature: Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice (Christian Worldview Integration Series. InterVarsity Press. 2011), David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory Maillet refer to John Updike's Seven Stanzas at Easter (1960).* Enjoy this excerpt from a "bold, wonderfully learned manifesto ... [which] breathes a prophetic passion -- bracing, salutary and sometimes uncomfortable -- that transcends mere academic discussion and leaves the reader … [Read more...] about Correspondence theory & Updike’s “Seven Stanzas of Easter”

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A few minutes with Updike’s “Seven Stanzas at Easter”

April 21, 2011 by Tom Grosh IV 4 Comments

Make no mistake: if He rose at all it was as His body; if the cells' dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the Church will fall. -- John Updike. Seven Stanzas at Easter. 1960. Accessed at http://www.iserv.net/~stpats/Updike.htm (4/21/2011). While reading Kent Annan's After Shock: Searching for Honest Faith When Your World Is Shaken (InterVarsity Press. 2011), I came across selections from John Updike's Seven Stanzas at Easter.   On Easter, as he wrestles with faith in the … [Read more...] about A few minutes with Updike’s “Seven Stanzas at Easter”

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