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Marilynne Robinson, Part II
Gilead (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) In the second part of our conversation, we explore the historical and social forces that shape Marilynne Robinson's narrator, John Ames, and, by extension, the Protestant Church...
By Michael Silverblatt • • 30m ListenGilead
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Marilynne Robinson, we explore the historical and social forces that shape her narrator, John Ames, and, by extension, the Protestant Church. How did the traditions that led to abolition, the Civil War and the founding of integrated colleges subside into complacent materialistic conservatism? (
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