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Children of God (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by Mary Doria Russell

Children of God (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
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Author: Mary Doria Russell
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-02-02
ISBN: 044900483X
Number of pages: 438
Publisher: Ballantine Books

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Book Review: A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT TREATISE ON PERSONAL THEOLOGY - A TRUE CLASSIC
Summary: 5 Stars

Theology can become a distant logical exercise of dry doctrine and easy theoretical conclusions. When it comes down to the wet choices of real life most such theoretical Theology is found wanting as it can offer only limited answers. This is Theology of the other kind, the real one.

Mary Doria Russell has created a highly intelligent story: what would the story of a future saint be? Say, a Jesuit spearheading an exploratory mission to an alien civilization as a linguist of unique abilities; a former outcast that found his true calling as a man of the Cloth and God's face in all the hungry he fed and all the orphans he sheltered and all the lost he bough back from desperation. And then God asked for more. Much more. Is God real or a mere human construct? Can Faith survive anything?

This is one of those books that stays with you for ever. Read THE SPARROW first, CHILDREN OF THE GOD later in order to enjoy them both more.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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