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Cargando... James Joyce in 90 Minutespor Paul Strathern
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"As Canadian as the maple leaf" is how one observer summed up the United Church of Canada after its founding in 1925. But was this Canadian-made church flawed in its design, as critics have charged? A Church with the Soul of a Nation explores this question by weaving together the history of the United Church with a provocative analysis of religion and cultural change. The story begins in the aftermath of Confederation, when the prospects of building a Christian nation persuaded a group of Congregationalist, Methodist, and Presbyterian leaders to set aside denominational differences and focus instead on shared beliefs. Phyllis Airhart traces the new church's struggle to save its reputation during a bitter controversy with dissenting Presbyterians who refused to join what they considered a "creedless" church. Surviving the organizational and theological challenges of economic depression and war, the future of the church seemed bright. But the ties between personal faith and civic life that the founders took for granted were soon tattered by the secular cultural storm sweeping through western Christendom. The United Church's remaking came with the realization that creating a Christian social order in Canada was unlikely - perhaps even undesirable - in a pluralistic world. A Church with the Soul of a Nation sheds light on the United Church's past controversies and present dilemmas by showing how its founding vision both laid the groundwork for its accomplishments and complicated its adaptation to the new world taking shape. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The audiobook moves along nicely, highlighting Joyce's life and times, as well as his major works and themes. You learn just enough to either intrigue you, or convince you that Joyce may not be for you.
The Dubliners, Portrait, Ulysses, and Finnigan's Wake all get brief overviews, as well as Joyce's evolving style, influence, and critical appraisal of his work over the decades. We learn of his famous fans (Ezra Pound, Samuel Beckett, Hemingway) and detractors (Emily Dickinson, among others). We learn about his love life, his upbringing, his drinking, his unusual fetishes, and his diminishing eyesight. No topic garners much time, again, as it is just the merest of introductions of the man. But it helps contextualize Joyce as a writer and an Irish icon.
Strathern has published a series of these "in 90 Minute" books, mostly on philosophers (Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Plato, etc) as well as on a handful of authors. His glimpse into Samuel Beckett's work may be my next of his books to zip through. Knowing that "Ulysses" will take me a few years to get through, it was nice to have a beginning-to-end experience with Joyce that was under two hours. ( )