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Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Interpretation, Calvinist Thought, and Religion in America

20 Mar 2024 23 published claims 2 attributable people
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02 / belief

Some thinkers, I think especially on the conservative right, have argued that as America becomes more pluralistic — ethnically and religiously pluralistic — that that, on net, marginalizes the influence of religion.

“Some thinkers, I think especially on the conservative right, have argued that as America becomes more pluralistic — ethnically and religiously pluralistic — that that, on net, marginalizes the influence of religion.”
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04 / belief

I think that that sense in Shakespeare of these enormously beautiful encounters, where people recognize each other, people pardon each other, people embrace each other — I think that could certainly be something that he explored as a suggestion taken from Calvin.

“I think that that sense in Shakespeare of these enormously beautiful encounters, where people recognize each other, people pardon each other, people embrace each other — I think that could certainly be something that he explored as a suggestion taken from Calvin.”
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05 / belief

I think that there’s nothing in ancient literature that approaches it in terms of characterization, and there’s very little in modern literature that also would approach it from that point of view.

“I think that there’s nothing in ancient literature that approaches it in terms of characterization, and there’s very little in modern literature that also would approach it from that point of view.”
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06 / belief

I was quite a distance from Idaho, in terms of my experience, by the time I was invited to come teach in the Writers’ Workshop at the university in Iowa, which is such a classic phenomenon in American literature that I was very happy to go there and be part of it.

“I was quite a distance from Idaho, in terms of my experience, by the time I was invited to come teach in the Writers’ Workshop at the university in Iowa, which is such a classic phenomenon in American literature that I was very happy to go there and be part of it.”
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08 / belief

Part of the reason I think that we have so often God choosing almost at random among people is to make the point that he’s acting through them rather than they’re acting out of some singular quality of their own person.

“Part of the reason I think that we have so often God choosing almost at random among people is to make the point that he’s acting through them rather than they’re acting out of some singular quality of their own person.”
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09 / belief

I think that there’s no necessity, no causality in the way that things work among human beings, that God is free to choose the younger brother.

“I think that there’s no necessity, no causality in the way that things work among human beings, that God is free to choose the younger brother.”
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10 / belief

I think that when you read Herodotus, where he describes these little civilizations that are scattered over his world — he describes them in terms of what they eat or prohibit, or they paint themselves red, or they shave half their head.

“I think that when you read Herodotus, where he describes these little civilizations that are scattered over his world — he describes them in terms of what they eat or prohibit, or they paint themselves red, or they shave half their head.”
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11 / belief

I think that what has happened in our civilization, as opposed to civilizations that have come before, is that we have the appearance of a relative absence of violence by historical standards.

“I think that what has happened in our civilization, as opposed to civilizations that have come before, is that we have the appearance of a relative absence of violence by historical standards.”
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12 / belief

I argue in the book consistently that God does actually restrain himself from intruding too far on our own nature at the same time that what he intends works its way through our nature.

“I argue in the book consistently that God does actually restrain himself from intruding too far on our own nature at the same time that what he intends works its way through our nature.”
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14 / evaluation

Insofar as any social movement wishes to alleviate injustice, unhappiness, pointless cruelty — the way so many discriminations do — insofar as the point is to reduce that kind of criminal misery, really, I’m perfectly happy to adopt it as a Protestant and say, “Yes, we did that.

“Insofar as any social movement wishes to alleviate injustice, unhappiness, pointless cruelty — the way so many discriminations do — insofar as the point is to reduce that kind of criminal misery, really, I’m perfectly happy to adopt it as a Protestant and say, “Yes, we did that.”
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15 / evaluation

As I understand it, which is very imperfectly, the hyper-Calvinists take determinism more seriously. And they think, for instance, that trying to convert people or preach to them is futile, and we shouldn’t even bother doing it because God has settled everything.

“As I understand it, which is very imperfectly, the hyper-Calvinists take determinism more seriously. And they think, for instance, that trying to convert people or preach to them is futile, and we shouldn’t even bother doing it because God has settled everything.”
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17 / recommendation

One of the things that I think is a definite benefit is that they learn how to be helpful to one another, the people that are students there.

“One of the things that I think is a definite benefit is that they learn how to be helpful to one another, the people that are students there.”
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21 / preference

I think that you would say, without much fear of contradiction, that if you’re going to find religious people now, you would go to immigrant communities because they sustain many things for people who might otherwise feel that they are adrift.

“I think that you would say, without much fear of contradiction, that if you’re going to find religious people now, you would go to immigrant communities because they sustain many things for people who might otherwise feel that they are adrift.”
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22 / evaluation

I’m very grieved by the change in the political climate in Iowa because I admired its generosity and civility and so on, and I hope that this is some weird temporary fluctuation because the basic decency and enlightenment of Iowa was so well established over such a long time, it’s hard to believe that this is a permanent conversion.

“I’m very grieved by the change in the political climate in Iowa because I admired its generosity and civility and so on, and I hope that this is some weird temporary fluctuation because the basic decency and enlightenment of Iowa was so well established over such a long time, it’s hard to believe that this is a permanent conversion.”
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23 / evaluation

The denomination — inappropriate word — but the church, as it were, that somebody in Shakespeare’s period would be reacting against would’ve been the Anglican church, not the Catholic church, because the Catholic church had been effectively expelled from England for a long time, since Henry VIII.

“The denomination — inappropriate word — but the church, as it were, that somebody in Shakespeare’s period would be reacting against would’ve been the Anglican church, not the Catholic church, because the Catholic church had been effectively expelled from England for a long time, since Henry VIII.”
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