Robinson, Marilynne 1943-
When I Was a Child I Read Books / Marilynne Robinson. - Toronto : Harper Collins Ltd, 2012. - 206 p. : cov. ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206).
"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." (Publisher's Website)
CONTENTS
[01] Freedom of thought
[02] Imagination and community
[03] Austerity as ideology
[04] Open thy hand wide: Moses and the origins of American liberalism
[05] When I was a child
[06] The fate of ideas: Moses
[07] Wondrous love
[08] The human spirit and the good society
[09] Who was Oberlin?
[10] Cosmology
9781443410915 (hbk)
Theology--United States.
Calvinism--United States.
Political science--Philosophy.--United States
Philosophy, American.
United States--Civilization--Philosophy.
PS3568.O3125 / W47 2012
When I Was a Child I Read Books / Marilynne Robinson. - Toronto : Harper Collins Ltd, 2012. - 206 p. : cov. ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206).
"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." (Publisher's Website)
CONTENTS
[01] Freedom of thought
[02] Imagination and community
[03] Austerity as ideology
[04] Open thy hand wide: Moses and the origins of American liberalism
[05] When I was a child
[06] The fate of ideas: Moses
[07] Wondrous love
[08] The human spirit and the good society
[09] Who was Oberlin?
[10] Cosmology
9781443410915 (hbk)
Theology--United States.
Calvinism--United States.
Political science--Philosophy.--United States
Philosophy, American.
United States--Civilization--Philosophy.
PS3568.O3125 / W47 2012