Literature and religion

I note from a week or two ago a report in the Guardian Review (July 4th) on an interesting exchange at a University of Manchester event between Martin Amis, the theologian Graham Ward and the critic James Wood.

Charles Williams

I note in passing a review by Rowan Williams of a new book on Charles Williams by Gavin Ashenden, from the TLS; the subject is described as "a deeply serious critic, a poet unafraid of major risks, and a theologian of rare creativity". Ashenden is chaplain to the University of Sussex.

Bob Dylan and 60s religion

After listening on Saturday morning to a Radio 4 programme considering the importance of Bob Dylan, I'm reminded of Hugh McLeod's recent observation on the quasi-prophetic status given to Dylan, in his recent book on the religious crisis of the Sixties. He only raises the point briefly, but there is much work to be done on the gradual widening of the sphere of 'religiously significant' music to include pop.
See my review of McLeod's book, in Reviews in History.