January 7, 2000

Verbatim

By SCOTT HELLER

John Updike and Religion: The Sense of the Sacred and the Motions of Grace edited by James Yerkes (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company)

In his first piece of autobiographical writing, John Updike characterized art, sex, and religion as "the three great secret things" in human experience. Scholars and critics have since analyzed his artistry as a novelist, scrutinizing his depictions of men, women, and sexuality. But they have paid far less attention to the ways he grapples with

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