Beyond Religion
This book is about faith and logic, sin and guilt. It is also about innocence and its punishment. The novel traces Thomas Spanner’s life with a dysfunctional father who blames Thomas for his sister’s death. Unable to cope with blame and guilt, Thomas becomes drug addicted. He has a religious experience, gives up his drug dependency and eventually becomes a priest. He is assigned to an isolated religious community where he tries to fight a harsh Medieval Catholicism. Thomas falls in love with Greta—church secretary and nominal Catholic. They marry and together they escape from Johnsburgh
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Beyond Religion
This book is about faith and logic, sin and guilt. It is also about innocence and its punishment. The novel traces Thomas Spanner’s life with a dysfunctional father who blames Thomas for his sister’s death. Unable to cope with blame and guilt, Thomas becomes drug addicted. He has a religious experience, gives up his drug dependency and eventually becomes a priest. He is assigned to an isolated religious community where he tries to fight a harsh Medieval Catholicism. Thomas falls in love with Greta—church secretary and nominal Catholic. They marry and together they escape from Johnsburgh
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Beyond Religion
Beyond Religion
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781462837991 |
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Publisher: | Xlibris Corporation |
Publication date: | 10/31/2005 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 415 KB |
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