Abby McCloskey, Dallas Morning News, May 18, 2023

“Today is Ascension Day, 40 days after Easter, remembering when the risen Christ ascended from earth into heaven. Most of us think only about heaven when there’s been a death. And if you, like me, grew up in the evangelical church or in the Bible Belt, you might have a bit of a dull view of the whole thing, although my subsequent decades in the Anglican church have livened it up.

Taking promises of eternal, supernatural bliss seriously may seem credulous to some readers. But to those of us who do, it can be a source of great hope. And while I prefer to keep my nose in books of political economy, the two might be more connected than it initially appears.”