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How (Not) to Speak of God by Peter Rollins

The folks over at Paraclete Press publish some thought provoking books. Everything from musings on the Sabbath from a former practicing Orthodox Jew turned Anglican Christian; to interesting fiction (see here and here); to memoirs about the “surprising gifts” of growing up in a fundamentalist family. Given my interest in faith and religion, I suppose [...]

Sir Link-A -Lot

Some stimulating pixels for your viewing pleasure: – Ross Douthat discusses Jules Verne sans Captain Nemo over at Books & Culture: Memory forgives a multitude of literary sins. Middling prose, wooden characterization, boilerplate dialogue—all of these will be overlooked, if a writer can only seize upon one great story and carry it off reasonably well. [...]