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Founder's Praise
by Greenberg, Joanne
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0030153913
- ISBN 13
- 9780030153914
- Seller
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Shell Lake, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Henry Holt & Co. Fair. 1976. Hardcover. 0030153913 . Ex-Library; 21 oz.; 328 pages; Ex library HC w/DJ spine lean/aged clean/tight reading copy stated 1st ED. In this three-generation saga about life in a Colorado farm town, Joanne Greenberg retells the story of Jesus and the founding of the Christian church - through a brilliant metaphor of a fictionalized religious sect. She explores the meaning of God, Life, destiny, and good versus evil - and weaves this all together into a rich, gripping, and masterful tale. I've been on a mission to read all the works of Joanne Greenberg, and one after another they deliver. This one is no exception. In "Founder's Praise" a highly verbally and emotionally shut-down man starts getting visions and hearing "the voice of God" - insights into truth, life, and philosophy. As the story progresses others become his followers - which he doesn't want or like - and twist his visions to their own purposes...with devastating and very realistic results. In this way Greenberg shows how far a church can stray from the truth of its founder... .
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- Seller
- Mistymornin Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 29076
- Title
- Founder's Praise
- Author
- Greenberg, Joanne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0030153913
- ISBN 13
- 9780030153914
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- 0030153913
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction;
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