Sarah Ruden has published several books, including, most recently, The Face of Water: A Translator on Beauty and Meaning in the Bible and a new translation of Augustine’s Confessions.
Article When Texts Become Idols What happens when the Bible becomes something more than revelation, and the Constitution something more than a tool? By Sarah Ruden March 1, 2021 U.S. Catholicism Domestic Affairs Donald Trump
Article Poem | Repentance I try to breathe / Air like a stone, / Like dirty water. / We are alone. By Sarah Ruden September 24, 2019 Poetry
Article Poem | In a Palace We deplore / His sheer, strange littleness / Compared to everything that came before. By Sarah Ruden July 29, 2019 Poetry
Article Poem | The Family Bright, upright, / They are / Like flowers in a jar. By Sarah Ruden May 6, 2019 Poetry
Article Untranslatable or Unrelatable? Ours is a materialistic society with luxuries of individual autonomy and self-esteem. How could we think the way the Bible does, or aim where it aims? By Sarah Ruden April 23, 2019 Theology Spirituality Poetry
Article Rhyming Pages During this trying year, a collection of poetry that people—young and old—can simply enjoy By Sarah Ruden December 4, 2017 Poetry
