Tormented Witness

JOHN BERRYMAN’S ADDRESSES TO GOD

Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill June 30, 2011 - 9:32am

The life of faith finds an enduring metaphor in the notion of the soul’s journey to God. Consider the pilgrim-poet of Dante’s Divine Comedy, who successfully navigates the subterranean circles of hell, ascends the mountains of purgatory, and ultimately experiences the inexpressible beauties of...

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Death and Dying
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Death and Dying
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Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill, co-author with Joseph Papp of Shakespeare Alive!, is a 2010 graduate of the Yale Divinity School and a frequent contributor.

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