Octavia Butler’s ‘Parable of the Sower’ makes a comeback

Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower is on the bestseller list!  Nearly 30 years after it was published – and for good reason.  I got to talk with Religion News Service about the theology in Parable.

(RNS) — Nearly 30 years after it was published and more than a dozen after its author’s death, Octavia Butler’s dystopian novel “Parable of the Sower” popped up on The New York Times bestseller list in early September. Like other resurrected titles, such as George Orwell’s “1984” and Albert Camus’ ...