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Michelle Blake

Auteur van The Tentmaker

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Werken van Michelle Blake

The Tentmaker (1999) 90 exemplaren
The Book of Light (2003) 70 exemplaren
Earth Has No Sorrow (2001) 59 exemplaren

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Gangbare naam
Blake, Michelle
Officiƫle naam
Connor, Lily
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Symons, Michelle Blake
Geboortedatum
20th Century
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Opleiding
Harvard University (MA|Theological Studies)
Beroepen
academic (Tufts University)
Korte biografie


Lily Connor is a "tentmaker" (an ordained priest who works at a trade outside the church), and is the creation of Michelle Blake (c1955- ), a poet and writer, who also publishes under the name Michelle Blake Symons. She earned a Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard University and at one time thought about becoming an Episcopalian priest herself. She teaches fiction writing in the English Department at Tufts University and lives near Boston with her author husband and two children.

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I found this book so much better than the first in the series, The Tentmaker. The reader is given a great spiritual insight into Lily Connor's (Episcopal Priest) dilemmas of faith. Lily grew up Roman Catholic before she received the calling to become a priest in the Episcopal Church.
The story reads like a biography of Anna, a missing older Catholic woman of Polish descent who survived the horrors of the Holocaust as a child. The search for her reveals insights into the Roman Catholic faith including conservative, modern and occult practices.
I received a lot more spiritual enlightenment from this book than I would have expected from a work of fiction. The message that people can make mistakes in their life but still be redeemed is strongly enforced.
I would definitely recommend this book to readers of christian fiction and those with an interest in the Catholic, Episcopalian and Jewish faiths and antisemitic cults.
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rxtheresa | Mar 11, 2011 |
I had a much longer review in mind, but I can't lay my hands on the book, so I can't comment on the stuff I bookmarked. I will try to be as clear as possible.

It's like if Elaine Pagels and Karen Armstrong paired up to solve a mystery. It is flawed, but still awesome.
 
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babydraco | Jun 24, 2008 |

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Werken
3
Leden
219
Populariteit
#102,099
Waardering
3.3
Besprekingen
2
ISBNs
8
Favoriet
1

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