Sep. 28, 2008: The Writer's Almanac

Sunday’s Poem: “Confederates” by Neal Bowers from Out of the South. Sunday’s Literary Notes: A heavenly host of ecclesiastical words entered the English language from French following the Norman invasion of 1066, including the word religion itself. When it first appeared in English, religion was used to mean “life under monastic vows.” The Old French word religion derived from a Latin word meaning “obligation, bond, reverence.”..