Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Putting Away Childish Things - Marcus Borg

This has been on my shelf for at least two years, and I pulled this off as a possibility for our Study Group to discuss next year.  It's called a "didactic novel" because the novel form is merely a vehicle for teaching and discussing what the title suggests - looking at our faith and religion in a new light - an adult approach.  It's been very well done - Borg chooses  his setting in a liberal arts college where Kate is teaching the Enlightenment in a Religious Studies course, and his theme is different understandings of what it means to be a Christian today - how to understand Christianity in an Enlightenment and non-Enlightenment world.  Lots of room for discussion here.

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