Jan Cox once said, in the 1970s, that religion, that which ordinary talk refers to by that word, was putrid. It was not always that way. He said at times in history the church "had sheltered," the work. He wouldn't have had any reason to refer to Marilynne Robinson, if he knew of her.
At the link there is an essay by this writer which places the way religion is used in political life in a context which values religion. I sway into her words, and am thankful someone can speak with her authenticity. I have no idea how viable this 'edge of the ordinary' is.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/awakening?utm_source=Main+Reader+List&utm_campaign=8ebfda6509-August+11_Now_at_Commonweal8_11_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_407bf353a2-8ebfda6509-92372181
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