How My Mind Has Changed

Do I consider myself a Christian?

I know one thing: there is holiness.

We invited Annie Dillard to contribute to the new How My Mind Has Changed series. She declined to write a full-length essay, but she did offer this short response to our query. —Eds.

How has my mind changed over many years? I identify as a Christian. Many Christians would disagree that I can use the term honestly.

I can’t and don’t give intellectual assent to many very established and agreed-upon Christian dogmas, if not most of them, if not all of them.