Dear John, Trepidation isn't called for. I think what may be most unconventional about my writing on Calvin is that I am often writing for a relatively non-specialist audience. You must admit, this is unusual. My hope is to make it less so. This awareness of a larger audience does limit my willingness to deal with secondary materials, creeds and so on, which in my opinion fall short of the spirit of his theology in any case. (Westminster is the…
Marilynne RobinsonAugust 1, 2011