Michelle Blake
Author of The Tentmaker
Series
Works by Michelle Blake
How We Enter the Palace 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Blake, Michelle
- Legal name
- Connor, Lily
- Other names
- Symons, Michelle Blake
- Birthdate
- 20th Century
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Harvard University (MA|Theological Studies)
- Occupations
- academic (Tufts University)
- Short biography
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.- Nationality
- USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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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 show more 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. show less
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 show more 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. show less
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.
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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