Timothy Larsen considers the main character of her fiction, Reverend John Ames, his heritage as the grandson of a staunch abolitionist in the mold of Wheaton's Jonathan Blanchard, his reaction against that as a pacifist, and the mindset of the 1950's Christian Century which he and fellow minister Boughton regularly discussed. Most of the essays focus on some aspect of the theology found in Robinson's work. But the conference also engaged Robinson, with a presentation by her ("The Protestant Conscience") and a conversation between her and Rowan Williams, and an interview with Wheaton College President Philip Ryken. The various essays do engage the theology, particularly the Calvinism of Robinson's work. The subtitle of this work calls this "a theological dialogue with Marilynne Robinson, and this is true in two senses. What is perhaps more remarkable is to discuss the work of a living author with the author present and contributing. It is not unusual at an academic conference to discuss the work of a particular author. Summary: A collection of presentations from the 2018 Wheaton Theology Conference, discussing the work, and particularly the fiction, of Marilynne Robinson with contributions from Robinson.
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The jacket of Aravind Adiga’s debut novel The White Tiger carries a blurb by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid, and reading the book it struck me that the narrative framework is similar to that of Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist. This is one of the major reasons this is a hard book to like because as you learn to love characters and their underdog stories. Each chapter takes place a rough lifetime since the previous chapter. He brings this vibrant city's long and noble history alive through his saga of ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and intrigues of a half-dozen families, from the age of Julius Caesar to the twentieth century. London by Edward Rutherfurd is a historical fiction novel about the history of the London area, including culture, social climates, and hardships. The story covers major points of British history. A master of epic historical fiction, Edward Rutherford gives us a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. 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