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Published · transcript-backedMarilynne Robinson: evaluation
20 Mar 2024 Conversations with Tyler Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Interpretation, Calvinist Thought, and Religion in America
“I would say that when people feel that impulse, it’s probably because the world is in a bad way.”
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- Marilynne Robinson
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- 20 Mar 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…What do you think of the Benedictine option to just retreat and tend one’s own garden, be highly spiritual, and not engage much with the world? Is that a cop-out, or is that a legitimate way of being religious? I would say it depends on circumstance. I would say that when people feel that impulse, it’s probably because the world is in a bad way. They were actually withdrawing from problems that could be addressed — in theory, in any case. I think we’re responsible for each other, and my particular salvation is not as important as my honoring the sacredness of human beings and the world. How did you decide to live and stay in Iowa? You were born in Idaho, right? You grew up there?…
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