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Laddar... Putting Away Childish Things: A Novel of Modern Faith (utgåvan 2011)av Marcus J. Borg (Författare)
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Didactic is the word the author and many reviewers used to describe this novel. Marcus Borg is a great theologian and not a novelist, however the book provides an introductory review of progressive Christian theology. The characters are used to provide examples of how people accept, reject, or analyze progressive Christianity. The story telling is good enough to keep the reader engaged. The characters can seem self absorbed with little character development aside from Kate the main character. While the theology is sometimes heavy handed, the novel is an interesting reprieve from similarly themed non fiction books. I would recommend this book to someone struggling with denser nonfiction on the topic. ( ) Interesting book picked up at a used book store when traveling. Kate, a single 30 something religion professor, must make a career choice. Should she stay at the small school where she is almost guaranteed tenure or should she chance a year at a seminary, one with personal values more in line with her beliefs. Faith and trust become over riding issues. An interesting read with lots of religious references and morality. I enjoyed this book, though I suspect it's destined for a limited readership. It's really an apologetic for progressive Christianity (of which I am an adherent) in the guise of a novel. In a preface, Borg explains that this is exactly what he is doing, more-or-less admitting that he's not really a novelist but an academic. That allows the reader (at least, it allowed me) to give him some leeway, because as a novel, it really is pretty clunky, the characters being more "types" than fully-fleshed realizations, and much of the dialogue being pretty stilted. But I like a good theological presentation, and Borg certainly knows how to make one in an accessible, popular way. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
"We all know that Marcus Borg is a gifted teacher, biblical scholar, and writer of nonfiction, but it turns out that he's a master storyteller, too." -- Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity Bestselling author, Bible scholar, and theologian Marcus Borg (Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, The Heart of Christianity, The Last Week) uses his core teachings on faith and the Bible to demonstrate their transformative power and potential in Putting Away Childish Things: the moving, inspirational story of a college professor, her students, and a crisis of faith. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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