So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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I am very sorry to read what Publisher's Weekly said about this fine book. Although I am biased since I come from a very similar journey of faith and reason, I do not feel that the book is shrill in the least. Rather Wicker tells it with a sincere and thoughtful interest in journalistic objectivity. We know what side she is ultimately on, but this is based upon what she as arrived at through her own experience. The figures can be fatiguing, but this is generally due to the author's desire for fairness and to ground her own theorizing.
Personally, this book gave me much hope for cultural progress in the United States -- spiritual progress, too -- and I am saddened that it has not sustained the attention it deserves. Nevertheless, we may look back to this book for its extreme prescience. And I think it would be a great interview for "The Daily Show."
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The Fall of the Evangelical Nation: The Surprising Crisis Inside the Church by Christine Wicker
Scott Bishop, March 22, 2011
I am very sorry to read what Publisher's Weekly said about this fine book. Although I am biased since I come from a very similar journey of faith and reason, I do not feel that the book is shrill in the least. Rather Wicker tells it with a sincere and thoughtful interest in journalistic objectivity. We know what side she is ultimately on, but this is based upon what she as arrived at through her own experience. The figures can be fatiguing, but this is generally due to the author's desire for fairness and to ground her own theorizing.Personally, this book gave me much hope for cultural progress in the United States -- spiritual progress, too -- and I am saddened that it has not sustained the attention it deserves. Nevertheless, we may look back to this book for its extreme prescience. And I think it would be a great interview for "The Daily Show."