The poet and professor Christian Wiman’s autobiographical book My Bright Abyss traces his movement from atheism to faith. Although raised in a Christian home and experiencing a conversion as a child, the adult Wiman left the faith, even ashamed of the seeming ignorance of his past belief. It was not until he experienced the love of his wife and a life-altering diagnosis of incurable blood cancer that he began to once again believe. A large part of his reason for belief lies in the excruciatin...
Christ's Suffering
