Eliot’s work, both poetry and prose, although the poetry alone can be considered here, has a peculiar significance for the Christian, whether he be theologian, preacher, or layman, for Eliot has ...

In Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair, Wiman often describes the writing of a poem as an act of faith. “Even though I know that this is a dead end and that poetry is a means, in order to ...

(after an image by photojournalist Gerald Herbert)That little tragedian, the dragonfly,wings smeared with earth’s black blood,stands glued to its stem like an orator.It will never leave this soapbox ...

Only 10 percent actually doubt that there is life after death. Even more interesting, 76 percent believe there's a heaven, and 64 percent think that's where they'll end up.

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