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She clearly is greatly impressed with the works of john calvin and reading her has given me a deeper understanding of his theology
But she does it with the perfect balance of calm emotions and sound mind and her deep faith
I disagree emphatically with the reviewers here who say that this book is difficult to understand
Every five years or so marilynne robinson has produced a book of essays notably absence of mind and the death of adam with the... Read More
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Instead of inquiring after the ancients the prophets the great thinkers and god himself in the bible we have bought into the mo... Read More
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Marilynne robinson demonstrates with shrewd and beautiful prose that such a thing as a liberal christian humanist still exists ... Read More
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Robinson is not easy to pidgeonhole either in terms of conservativeliberalmoderate etc
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This book of essays will be gratefully received
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Her essay on moses is a must read for those who think that the old testament was morally superseded by the new testament
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It also feels good to stretch my vocabulary having to look up a fine word at least every page or two
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She will get you thinking about things you have not thought about i bet
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In the end it may come back to that swedish proverb shared joy is a double joy shared sorrow is half a sorrow
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That is not misleading however missing from this list is religion on which not fewer than three of this anthologys ten essays is concentrated