The Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, 2015
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- Title
- The Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages
- Author
- Blauner, Andrew (Editor)
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1476789967
- ISBN 13
- 9781476789965
- Item weight
- 0.57 kilograms
The Good Book, with an introduction by Adam Gopnik, collects new pieces by writers from many different faiths and ethnicities including literary fiction writers (Colm Tóibín, Edwidge Danticat, Tobias Wolff, Rick Moody); bestselling nonfiction writers (A.J. Jacobs, Ian Frazier, Thomas Lynch); notable figures in the media (Charles McGrath, Cokie Roberts, Steven V. Roberts); and social activists (Al Sharpton, Kerry Kennedy). While these contributors are not primarily known as religious thinkers, they write intelligently and movingly about specific passages in the Bible that inform the way they live, think about past experiences, and see society today. Some pieces are close readings of specific passages, some are anecdotes from everyday life, and all will inspire, provoke, or illuminate.
Addressing some of the best-known and best-loved characters and stories from Genesis to Revelation, The Good Book will be a beautiful, enlightening gift for secular readers and readers of faith as well as a collection of interest to reading groups, readers of creative nonfiction and personal essays, and fans of each of the individual contributors.
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Review
"Each of these thoughtful and beautifully written pieces sheds new light on one of the world's oldest and most influential books. People of all faiths will find common ground within these pages."--Reza Aslan, author of No god but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
"Lovely .It really does justice to the richness and complexity of the texts and how they resonate in lives. --Krista Tippett, host of NPR's On Being"
"Lovely....It really does justice to the richness and complexity of the texts and how they resonate in lives."--Krista Tippett, host of NPR's On Being
"It's the Sunday School class you've been waiting for, the one whose members have thought hard about the texts and are free to say what they think. The one you look forward to. God bless the Word."
--Garrison Keillor
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