Harvard Diary: Reflections on the Sacred and the Secular

by Robert Coles

Essays discuss Flannery O'Connor, James Agee, Thomas Merton, Reinhold Neibuhr, William Carlos Williams, Tolstoy, women's liberation, homosexuality, sin, the spiritual life of children, suffering and faith

Genres: Essays

204 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1987

About the author

Child psychiatrist, author, Harvard professor.

Robert Coles is a professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at the Harvard Medical School, a research psychiatrist for the Harvard University Health Services, and the James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard College.

Reviews

[Doug · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of old essays that I forgot I had read. Makes nice short bedtime reading for the person interested in the intersection of psychology, religion and literature.

[Erik]

Religion v. Secular