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What are we doing here?

What are we doing here?

Robinson, Marilynne, author.
Book 2018

"Marilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In this new essay collection she trains her incisive mind on our modern political climate and the mysteries of faith. Whether she is investigating how the work of great thinkers about America like Emerson and Tocqueville infor...

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Philosophy, American
Political science United States Philosophy
Theology United States
United States Civilization Philosophy
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ISBN:
9780771073458
0771073453
Description:
xiv, 315 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
What is freedom of conscience?
What are we doing here?
Theology for this moment
The sacred, the human
The divine
The American scholar now
Grace and beauty
A proof, a test, an instruction
The beautiful changes
Our public conversation : how America talks about itself
Mind, conscience, soul
Considering the theological virtues : faith, hope, and love
Integrity and the modern intellectual tradition
Old souls, new world
Slander
Control Number:
2375790
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