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Robinson, Marilynne.
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Theology.
Calvinism.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, American.
United States -- Civilization -- Philosophy.
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Robinson, Marilynne.
Theology.
Calvinism.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, American.
United States -- Civilization -- Philosophy.
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When I was a child I read books / Marilynne Robinson.
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Robinson, Marilynne.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
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814
.54
R663w
Subjects
Theology.
Calvinism.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, American.
United States -- Civilization -- Philosophy.
ISBN:
9780374298784 (alk. paper)
0374298785 (alk. paper)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvi, 206 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"Essays." -- Jacket.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206).
Contents:
Freedom of thought -- Imagination and community -- Austerity as ideology -- Open thy hand wide : Moses and the origins of American liberalism -- When I was a child -- The fate of ideas : Moses -- Wondrous love -- The human spirit and the good society -- Who was Oberlin? -- Cosmology.
Summary:
In this new collection of incisive essays, Robinson returns to the themes which have preoccupied her work: the role of faith in modern life, the inadequacy of fact, the contradictions inherent in human nature.
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