What Are We Doing Here?: Essays

by Marilynne Robinson

Hardcover, 2018

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Publication

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2018), Edition: 1st Edition, 336 pages

Description

A new essay collection assesses today's political climate and the mysteries of faith, from the influence of intellectual minds on society's political consciousness to the way that beauty informs and disciplines daily life.

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Robinson grapples with questions about human morality; ... she opens up a conversation about the fundamental idea of myth, and how it informs culture and history... Robinson points to the strengths of the humanities and arts; especially how they can enrich a society's plurality and self respect.
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She also attempts to come up with what she calls a new theology for our present age.
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Physical description

315 p.; 5.77 inches

ISBN

0374282218 / 9780374282219
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