What Are We Doing Here?
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"What Are We Doing Here?" is a collection of essays by Marilynne Robinson that reflects on politics, religion, history, and the humanities through her characteristically thoughtful and theologically informed perspective.
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| What Are We Doing Here? canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
dignity of human persons
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moral imagination ⓘ relationship between faith and public life ⓘ role of religion in American history ⓘ value of the humanities ⓘ |
| follows | The Givenness of Things NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | essays ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of previously delivered lectures ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American public life
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Calvinism NERFINISHED ⓘ Christian humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ Reformed theology ⓘ democracy ⓘ ethics ⓘ history ⓘ humanities ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ liberal education ⓘ politics ⓘ religion ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of contemporary American politics
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defense of liberal arts education ⓘ historical memory ⓘ interplay of theology and culture ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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readers interested in religion and politics ⓘ readers of humanities and intellectual history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
essayistic
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theologically informed ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Marilynne Robinson non-fiction works ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
critical
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meditative ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
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