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Sep 03, 2012 andy crouch recommends this guardian essay by francis spufford, explaining why he is a convinced christian. Oct 01, 20 thats the question driving francis spufford s book unapologetic. Sep 18, 2012 the first session of the st pauls forum autumn series the case for god held under the dome of st pauls cathedral. Why, despite everything, christianity can still make surprising emotional sense by francis spufford in paperback format at koorong 9780571225224. Unique because spuffords context is postchristian england, and he is fully aware that he espouses. Nonsubscribers can read four articles for free each month. The times london strange as it may seem, the gray, oppressive, isbn 9781555976040 buy the red plenty ebook. He is the son of the late social historian professor margaret spufford 19352014 and the late economic historian professor peter spufford 19342017. He is definitely one of the go to guys if you want to start your own business. Red plenty is about that moment in history, and how it came, and how it went away. A church champion scores in his grasp of human frailty. Ice and the english imagination, was awarded the writers guild award for best nonfiction book of 1996 and a somerset maugham award. Unapologetic by francis spufford, 9780571225224, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Refuting critics such as richard dawkins, sam harris, and the new atheist crowd, spufford, a former atheist and fellow of the royal society of literature, argues that christianity is recognizable, drawing on the deep and deeply ordinary vocabulary of human.
What it feels like to be a christian christianity today. Spufford adds to the diversity of his bibliography, this time. The first session of the st pauls forum autumn series the case for god held under the dome of st pauls cathedral. It was built on 20thcentury magic called the planned economy which was going to gush forth an abundance of, isbn 9780571225231. Francis spufford frsl born 1964 is an english author and teacher of writing whose career has seen him shift gradually from nonfiction to fiction. His first book, i may be some time, won the writers guild award for best nonfiction book of 1996, the banff mountain book prize and a somerset maugham award. Unapologetic, has been translated into three languages.
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Table of contents title page dedication the cast part i introduction 1 the prodigy, 1938 2 mr chairman, 1959 3 little plastic beakers, 1959 4 white dust, 1953. It is francis spufford s confession that, after leaving his childhood faith to become an atheist for 20 years, he finds that life doesnt make sense without christianity. Andy crouch recommends this guardian essay by francis spufford, explaining why he is a convinced christian. He studied english literature at trinity hall, cambridge, gaining a ba in 1985 career. Im reading the english novelist francis spuffords new book unapologetic, his case for christianity, written for a culture his own that has little or no feeling for the faith. Unapologetic is a brief, witty, personal, sharptongued defence of christianity, taking on dawkins the god delusion and christopher hitchens god is not great. Basic christianity for weirdoes the american conservative.
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