who's Christian?

[Thomas Eckhardt]

> We know, believe me, I know because I have read all the books
> that have been identified as Pynchon sources for religion,
> that Pynchon brings a wide range of religious texts into his
> own. My own opinion is that it is not important to come to
> any conclusion about Pynchon the man or author.  What
> matters is the art the struggle is present there. What I
> contend is a conflict much like Melville's deeply reflected
> in the texts, a conflict, a paradoxical conflict,  that
> Pynchon never resolves, but only hopes to.

Well, if that is what you mean by "religious writer", yes, certainly, I agree. But
you are stretching the meaning of the term quite a bit, aren't you?

Thomas