Rick's Updates en-US Thu, 08 May 2025 18:39:47 -0700 60 Rick's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7554311893 Thu, 08 May 2025 18:39:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Rick added 'The Variable Man']]> /review/show/7554311893 The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick Rick gave 4 stars to The Variable Man (Paperback) by Philip K. Dick
bookshelves: sci-fi
]]> Review7553998226 Thu, 08 May 2025 16:01:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Rick added 'The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits']]> /review/show/7553998226 The Sin of Empathy by Joe Rigney Rick gave 5 stars to The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits (Hardcover) by Joe Rigney
bookshelves: culture, christian-living
]]> Review1097545573 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:26:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Rick added 'I See Satan Fall Like Lightning']]> /review/show/1097545573 I See Satan Fall Like Lightning by René Girard Rick gave 4 stars to I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (Paperback) by René Girard
bookshelves: philosophy, anthropology
Girard has some wonderful insights into the nature of mimetic rivalry and violence. Once you read his explanations and arguments, you start to see it everywhere. I think he goes wrong in trying to universalize it and make it the source of all myth, religion, and violence. He discovered a really great hammer, and suddenly everything looked like a nail.

Also, though he was a professing Christian, his thought does not sit comfortably with the Old Testament ceremonial law given to Israel by God or with the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement. ]]> Review62330160 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:47:50 -0700 <![CDATA[Rick added 'Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table']]> /review/show/62330160 Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory Rick gave 5 stars to Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table (Mass Market Paperback) by Thomas Malory
bookshelves: novels, myths-legends-and-fairy-tales
I read through this book the first time in 11th grade and many times since. ]]> ReadStatus9337311980 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:59:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Rick wants to read 'The Book of Pastoral Rule and Selected Epistles of Pope St. Gregory I']]> /review/show/7508268775 The Book of Pastoral Rule and Selected Epistles of Pope St. G... by Pope Gregory I Rick wants to read The Book of Pastoral Rule and Selected Epistles of Pope St. Gregory I by Pope Gregory I
]]> ReadStatus9337306885 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:57:39 -0700 <![CDATA[Rick wants to read 'Baptized Patriarchalism: The Cult of the Family']]> /review/show/7508265257 Baptized Patriarchalism by Gary North Rick wants to read Baptized Patriarchalism: The Cult of the Family by Gary North
]]> ReadStatus9337305922 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:57:23 -0700 <![CDATA[Rick wants to read 'On Earth as in Heaven: Theopolis Fundamentals']]> /review/show/7508264478 On Earth as in Heaven by Peter J. Leithart Rick wants to read On Earth as in Heaven: Theopolis Fundamentals by Peter J. Leithart
]]> Review1649579858 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:59:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Rick added 'Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love']]> /review/show/1649579858 Side by Side by Edward T. Welch Rick gave 3 stars to Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love (Paperback) by Edward T. Welch
bookshelves: counseling-psychology
]]> Review7498661794 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:03:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Rick added 'Troilus and Cressida']]> /review/show/7498661794 Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare Rick gave 4 stars to Troilus and Cressida (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
bookshelves: plays-drama, historical-fiction-ancient
]]> Review7333170848 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:26:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Rick added 'Concise Theology']]> /review/show/7333170848 Concise Theology by J.I. Packer Rick gave 4 stars to Concise Theology (Paperback) by J.I. Packer
bookshelves: theology-proper, systematic-theology
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