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344
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2024
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Jim’s first review of the year
really liked it
I've read James Baldwin from time to time since I stumbled on him in high school (I read voraciously and had found a paperback of one of his books). This audiobook came to me as a bargain offering from an audiobook company, Chirp.
I've read that critics hated this book. I felt it was well done. I'd assumed that James Baldwin had rejected his Christian upbringing but was impressed with his portrayal of pentecostal church in his semi-autobiographic ...more
I've read that critics hated this book. I felt it was well done. I'd assumed that James Baldwin had rejected his Christian upbringing but was impressed with his portrayal of pentecostal church in his semi-autobiographic ...more
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Jim’s last review of the year
liked it
The author, Patrick R. Keifert, taught systematic theology (more on that in a moment) at a Lutheran seminary at the time of publication. His stated purpose is to explore the “public character of Christian thought and life in a culture of pluralism.� When he uses the word “public� he is distinguishing Christian thought and life from the private, intimate aspects of Christian worship and life. I appreciated that Professor Keifert also takes into ac
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