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Works by J. Bottum

The Decline of the Novel (2019) 25 copies
The Christmas Plains (2012) 21 copies
The Fall & Other Poems (2001) 6 copies
The Second Spring (2011) 2 copies

Associated Works

The Best American Spiritual Writing 2008 (2008) — Contributor — 84 copies
The Weekly Standard: A Reader: 1995-2005 (2005) — Contributor — 47 copies
The Best Spiritual Writing 2011 (2010) — Contributor — 38 copies
Religion and the American Future (2008) — Contributor — 13 copies

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Note: I received a finished hardcover of this book from the publisher at ALA Midwinter 2018.
 
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fernandie | 4 other reviews | Sep 15, 2022 |
Good book that is reflective of Christmas growing up.
 
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Leessa | Sep 3, 2022 |
I am excited to share a new board book with my granddaughter this weekend. The World Is Awake by Linsey Davis is a colorful, rhyming story for the toddler set. Inspired by scripture, it takes a pair of siblings through a day full of wonder. God’s creation is enthusiastically explored in all its diversity. I think my granddaughter is going to love all that she can see and hear as we read this book together. Entertaining and instructional — a win-win! Highly recommended!

(Thanks to Zonderkidz for a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are mine alone.)… (more)
 
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vintagebeckie | 4 other reviews | Oct 5, 2021 |
"The most significant historical fact of the last fifty years is the collapse of Mainline Protestantism".

A convincing argument by a Catholic intellectual who explains how so much of American politics today is driven by people driven by the same moral angst of Protestantism, but without Christ to center them. Everything from environmentalism, obsessions with food, feminism, etc. -- so many people have adopted Protestant ideas of the Social Gospel while wholly rejecting the central idea of Christ within that gospel.… (more)
 
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