Week 2: 2
The Storied Self:
Religion and the Depth/Vertical Dimension

Protestant Christianity

Michael Morton (b. 1954): Innocent yet Convicted of Murder

Themes of Justice, Love, Redemption, Belief/Faith.

Human Dilemma: Sin & Injustice – human brokenness

Communal Dilemma: Everyone caught in sin & injustice

Lost connection with emotions, esp. love, faith

Creative Response: Faith and Religious Experience of God

Body, Heart, and Soul/Spirit Belief and Faith

Love I & II: Eros & Agape: human, attached, partial; Divine, unconditional, universal

Unjust conviction: Final straw: Disowned by son Eric (142-4, 151).

Hard labor while in prison (152-155).

Depth of despair to the light of the Divine (167-170).

3 Truths: God’s exists. Divine wisdom. Divine love.