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The Book of the People - by A N Wilson (Paperback)

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  • "A wide-ranging and richly stimulating inquiry into what the Bible is, what it means, how it works, and how hopelessly wrong the plodding fundamentalists of both atheist and religious persuasions are about it.
  • Author(s): A N Wilson
  • 224 Pages
  • Religion + Beliefs, Biblical Studies

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"A wide-ranging and richly stimulating inquiry into what the Bible is, what it means, how it works, and how hopelessly wrong the plodding fundamentalists of both atheist and religious persuasions are about it."--Sunday Times (London)



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From the renowned historian, biographer, and novelist A. N. Wilson comes a literary, historical, and deeply personal exploration of the Bible.

In The Book of the People, A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it may be read today. Charting his own relationship with the Bible over a lifetime of writing,

Wilson argues that it remains relevant, even in a largely secular society, as a philosophical treatise, a work of literature, and a cultural touchstone that the Western world has an-swered to for nearly two thousand years.

Martin Luther King was "reading the Bible" when he started the civil rights movement; when Michelangelo painted the fresco cycles in the Sistine Chapel, he too was "reading the Bible." Wilson challenges the way fundamentalists--whether believers or nonbelievers--have misused the Bible, either by neglecting its spiritual importance and failing to recognize its cultural significance or by using it as a weapon against those with whom they disagree.

Erudite, witty, and accessible, The Book of the People seeks to reclaim the Good Book as our seminal work of literature and a vital work for the imagination.



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"An erudite, elegant, and quietly impassioned plea . . .an easy, pleasurable read." -- The Guardian

"A work of genius." -- The Times (London)

"A wide-ranging and richly stimulating inquiry into what the Bible is, what it means, how it works, and how hopelessly wrong the plodding fundamentalists of both atheist and religious persuasions are about it." -- Sunday Times (London)

"Wilson's delightful and unexpectedly moving book is characterized by intellectual humility." -- New Statesman


Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .35 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Biblical Studies
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Theme: History & Culture
Format: Paperback
Author: A N Wilson
Language: English
Street Date: August 3, 2023
TCIN: 91288176
UPC: 9780062433473
Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-4925
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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