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Podcast: Acton Unwind
Episode: The Violent Faith of Cormac McCarthy
Description: This week, Eric, Dan, and Noah Gould, Actonâs Alumni and Student Programs manager, are joined by Jane Clark Scharl. Jane is the author of the essay âBlood of a Thousand Christs: The Violent Faith of Cormac McCarthy,â which appears in the Summer 2023 issue of RELIGION & LIBERTY. What are we to make of McCarthyâs style and the prevalence of violence in his works? Where is God in McCarthyâs work? How much is obscured by McCarthyâs unique and stripped down style? Then, Eric, Dan, and Noah discuss two of the recent big rulings by the Supreme Court: overturning af...