Review: The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
User Review - John - GoodreadsThis collection of Robinson's essays covers a wide-ranging variety of topics. Science, history, religion, the environment, and ethics form the bulk of her interest, many of these issues crossing into ... Read full review
Review: The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
User Review - Jack Wolfe - GoodreadsIf there is a more satisfyingly provocative collection of essays out there, I haven't read it. A convincing defense of the humanities, a disturbing challenge to all religious believers and non ... Read full review
Review: The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
User Review - Matt Wester - GoodreadsUsually if I saw a cover that said "Essays on Modern Thought" I would turn the other way. But after reading Robinson's incredible novel Gilead, I decided to give this book a try. Wow, I am glad I did ... Read full review
Review: The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
User Review - Matthew - GoodreadsUsually if I saw a cover that said "Essays on Modern Thought" I would turn the other way. But after reading Robinson's incredible novel Gilead, I decided to give this book a try. Wow, I am glad I did ... Read full review
Review: The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
User Review - Tara - GoodreadsOh, Marilynne. You made me want to read John Calvin. I only recently decided to read Augustine instead of judging him after reading other people talk about him, and now you've made me want to read ... Read full review
Review: The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
User Review - Chris Hubbs - GoodreadsBrilliant stuff from Marilynne Robinson. While less engaging when she uses the middle of the book to heap praise on John Calvin, the final essay, 'The Tyranny of Petty Coercion', is worth 5 stars all by itself. Read full review
Review: The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
User Review - Theresa - GoodreadsEach of these essays is engaging and provocative. Overall, Robinson thinks that we have sold ourselves short. We've reduced our sense of who we are and this has impoverished our lives. We have ... Read full review
Review: The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
User Review - Alex - GoodreadsMakes most other contemporary intellectual discourse seem as thin as the paper on which it's printed. The arguments are sincere and grounded in close readings of oft-neglected texts. I cannot ... Read full review
Review: The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
User Review - Mike - GoodreadsThe literature that I celebrate - remember or cherish the most, I suppose - is the literature that causes either little or large psychological revolutions, depending on the scale of the book (or the ... Read full review
Review: The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
User Review - Sarahlynn Lester - GoodreadsThis one is slow going, but rewarding. So far I've got: we have this idea that what we learn in school is strictly for the purposes of obtaining a grade, credit, or diploma rather than the knowledge ... Read full review
