Historian, novelist, and masterful teacher Richard Marius struggled
with religious belief throughout his life. His very devout mother
taught him to memorize the Bible from a very early age and
influenced him to make a commitment to enter the ministry when he
was a senior in high school. However, during his first year at the
University of Tennessee, his faith was shaken by a reading
assignment in freshman English--an essay in which the author argues
that the universe is purposeless and meaningless. After receiving a
Bachelor of Divinity degree from Southern Baptist Seminary in
Louisville, Kentucky, Marius attended graduate school at Yale
University to study Renaissance and Reformation history, receiving
a PhD in history with a dissertation on Sir Thomas More. During his
years as a student, he occasionally held the position of supply
pastor, but, after graduation from Yale, he decided to enter the
academic world as a history professor. And he continued to preach
when the opportunity arose. Wrestling with God is a collection of
twenty-three sermons or meditations, delivered in a variety of
settings, and spanning Richard Marius's adult life from the late
1950s until a few months before his death. Many of them were
delivered at Morning Prayers, a daily service in the Appleton
Chapel of the Memorial Church at Harvard University. In these
selections, he explores the questions of faith and doubt, belief
and unbelief, good and evil. His explications are informed by an
eclectic knowledge of the Bible, art and architecture, music,
literature, history, philosophy and theology, politics and current
events, travel, and languages. A skeptical humanist, Marius
nevertheless was infused with his own kindof religious feeling, and
his struggle to find meaning and purpose in his life will resonate
with all readers who struggle with the ultimate questions of
existence.
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