catapult magazine

The end of the tunnel

by Dayton Castleman

The Quakers also believed that the answer lay within. I wanted to
question the validity of their evaluation of the nature of the problem
of sin. So, finally, I decided to explore this idea of "redemption from
within," using the prison itself as analogue for the human condition,
while also offering a theological counterpoint rooted in my Calvinist
perspective. What I saw shaping up (and I admit that my imagination
benefits from delusions of grandeur) was a huge theological debate,
contested on an equally monumental architectural front.