We are bombarded each day with the world’s seemingly intractable problems and with differing guidance on how we should respond to those problems. According to some, the world’s complex problems should be left to those with complex answers. According to others, we need to spend less time mucking about in nuance and instead identify the clear rights and wrongs contributing to the world’s problems. Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead provides a path between these incomplete solutions for addressing the world’s problems.
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Ben Gibson
Ben Gibson is an attorney in Denver, Colorado, where he lives with his wife and three sons. He is a Harvey Fellow and a graduate of Wheaton College, Yale’s Divinity School, and Stanford Law School.
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