Marilynne Robinson

What Are We Doing Here?

Essays

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 inform our political consciousness or discussing the way that beauty informs and disciplines daily life, Robinson's peerless prose and boundless humanity are on full display.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan US / Picador
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 900198664
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 139mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781250310385
• ISBN-10: 1250310385
• Artikelnr.: 54276058

Autorenporträt

Marilynne Robinson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
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

Rezensionen

Robinson urges her audience to stand by what makes us human - "creative, knowing, efficacious, deeply capable of loyalty". The argument is sophisticated and persuasive Guardian