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"An anthropologist examines the nature of religiosity, and how it shapes and benefits humankind. Believers is a scientist's answer to attacks on faith by some well-meaning scientists and philosophers-- a firm rebuke of the "Four Horsemen": Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, known for writing about religion as something irrational and ultimately harmful. Konner, who was raised as an Orthodox Jew but has lived his...
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“Cander is a smart, deft storyteller.” —New York Times Book Review
From the nationally bestselling author of The Weight of the Piano comes a novel that “like D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers, is about love that finds its object, and love that misses its mark.” —Charles Baxter
Set in a small coal-mining town, a debut novel full of secrets,...
From the nationally bestselling author of The Weight of the Piano comes a novel that “like D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers, is about love that finds its object, and love that misses its mark.” —Charles Baxter
Set in a small coal-mining town, a debut novel full of secrets,...
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"Contemplates the tension between nihilism, romanticism, and religious thought; planting the seeds of perspective along the way. When tragedy mixed with coincidence kindles the fervor of early America's youth, who yearn for another great awakening, the town of Wilheimer Falls establishes itself as an essential religious pilgrimage. Perpetually gray, the town has nurtured a nihilistic, deliberate sentiment in many of its original inhabitants. The young,...
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