Category Archives: Faith

Gospel Extravaganza 26

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Richard Guzman

Though “The 26th Annual” Gospel Extravaganza doesn’t sound as celebratory as “The 25th Anniversary” Gospel Extravaganza, the evening was wonderful anyway, and worthy of all the 25 gospel concerts that preceded it—full of praise and, as usual, full of electric … Continue reading →

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Against Pure Purity – Part 2

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Richard Guzman

This is Part 2 of an essay I gave as a talk at a philosophy & religion conference in Kolkata, India, August 2002.  I sought to apply new ideas about Indian novelist Raja Rao to multicultural and political issues then … Continue reading →

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Against Pure Purity – Part 1

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Richard Guzman

I gave a version of this essay as a talk at a philosophy & religion conference in Kolkata, India, August 2002.  Re-reading some literary criticism I had published 20 years earlier in the Virginia Quarterly, I sought to apply new ideas about Indian novelist Raja Rao … Continue reading →

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