Robinson, Marilynne  1943- <br/><br/>
When I Was a Child I Read Books / 
Marilynne Robinson. 
 - Toronto :  Harper Collins Ltd,  2012. 
 - 206 p. :   cov. ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206).  
<br/><br/>"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)<br/> CONTENTS<br/> [01] Freedom of thought <br/> [02] Imagination and community<br/> [03] Austerity as ideology<br/> [04] Open thy hand wide: Moses and the origins of American liberalism<br/> [05] When I was a child<br/> [06] The fate of ideas: Moses<br/> [07] Wondrous love<br/> [08] The human spirit and the good society<br/> [09] Who was Oberlin?<br/> [10] Cosmology 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781443410915 (hbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Theology--United States.<br/>Calvinism--United States.<br/>Political science--Philosophy.--United States<br/>Philosophy, American.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Civilization--Philosophy. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3568.O3125  / W47 2012