What I Believe Curtayne Midway through her poignant “Office

Midway through her poignant “Office for a Dead Child

Houselander offers a challenging reading of human nature

is an Assistant Professor of English at Hillsdale College

in all their tragic ambivalence

What I Believe Curtayne Midway through her poignant “OfficeBy Franois Mauriac What I Believe conducts a spiritual survey that is at once both deeply personal and inescapably universal. Perhaps more so than any of Mauriac's other works, What I Believe offers common ground for Christians and nonbelievers alike, as his revelation of belief and doubt stands as an invitation to approach the Christian mystery with an open mind. Of particular interest, from a literary standpoint, is the chapter on Purity, which