Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith - Hardcover

Norris, Kathleen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573220787 ISBN 13: 9781573220781

Publisher: Riverhead Books, 1998

Synopsis

The best-selling author of The Cloister Walk blends history, memoir, and theology with a strong grasp of language in a unique, personal, and compelling investigation into the key words of Christian belief, such as "judgment," "prayer," "faith," and "Christ." 100,000 first printing. Tour.

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Review:

"Our ridiculously fallible language becomes a lesson in how God's grace works despite and even through our human frailty. We will never get the words exactly right. There will always be room for imperfection, for struggle, growth and change. And this is as it should be." With observations like this one, Kathleen Norris, author of Dakota and The Cloister Walk, has again provided a salutary corrective for contemporary Christians in Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith. The book is about how she learned to use religious words, such as "incarnation," "idolatry," and "evangelism." Norris is a feminist, a theological conservative, a sophisticate, and a country bumpkin. And she's one of the few living Christian writers who can be described as truly great.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1573220787
• ISBN 13: 9781573220781
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384