Ted Chiang’a short story “Hell is the Absence of God” is more than a gloss on, or retelling of, the Book of Job. It’s a narrative enactment of the old question addressed to aspiring Reformed pastors: “Would you be damned for the glory of God?”
Ted Chiang’a short story “Hell is the Absence of God” is more than a gloss on, or retelling of, the Book of Job. It’s a narrative enactment of the old question addressed to aspiring Reformed pastors: “Would you be damned for the glory of God?”