What makes a great Catholic writer?

There are good writers, there are Catholic writers and then there
are the Catholic literary greats like Flannery O’Connor, Cormac
McCarthy, and to the surprise of some, Toni Morison. But what
exactly makes their stories distinctly Catholic? And how do themes
of incarnation, death and resurrection show up even while the
artist has lapsed in their religious practice? Ashley and Zac
settle in with the writer Nick Ripatrazone to talk about these
literary giants and where the Catholic imagination comes alive in
works of fiction. They also talk about Nick’s recently published
book “Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American
Fiction.”  Links from the show: Longing for an Absent God Nick
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