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Gilead (Gilead, #1)
by

Marilynne Robinson

Pat Loughery's review

Nov 05, 2012

really liked it

bookshelves: novels-about-prayer-and-spiritualit

Gilead a meditative family memoir, written by a dying, 77-year-old pastor and father's to his almost-seven-year-old son.

The story is an extended tale of family and Christian ministry, loss and hope, rhythms of living in a small town on the plains, theology and reflections on a life nearly extinguished.

Gilead reminded me of Tinkers in its perspective from the end of life. I enjoyed Tinkers more than Gilead, though Gilead does have a deeper spiritual grounding.

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“You can know a thing to death and be for all purposes completely ignorant of it. A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

tags: existence, fathers, generations, knowledge, relationships, sons

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“Christianity is a life, not a doctrine . . . I'm not saying never doubt or question. The Lord gave you a mind so that you would make honest use of it. I'm saying you must be sure that the doubts and questions are your own.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

tags: christianity

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“I鈥檓 writing this in part to tell you that if you ever wonder what you鈥檝e done in your life, and everyone does wonder sooner or later, you have been God鈥檚 grace to me, a miracle, something more than a miracle. You may not remember me very well at all, and it may seem to you to be no great thing to have been the good child of an old man in a shabby little town you will no doubt leave behind. If only I had the words to tell you.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

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