![]() You can also be an aetheist and derive much insight into the nature of what drives us toward spirituality to begin with. ![]() She found her drawn to Judaism and converted.Īnd that makes alot of sense, in that The Sparrow does speak about religion but in a completely open, tolerant way. And very very beautiful.Īfter I was done, I read that the author had left the Catholic church at age 15, and after 20 years of aetheism found herself re-examining questions of values, ethics, morality and religion upon the birth of her child. ![]() And altho most of the main characters are indeed Jesuits and so many questions and approaches do involve Catholicism, they were universal. I would instead call it a spiritual book in that the journey involves time old questions, of faith, of God, of religion, of humanity. So I'm really glad that a group decided to read this, because it is NOT a yah-yah Christian book at all. I had picked this up years ago due to all the terrific reviews, but when I started it, since it involves priests and such, I thought it was going to be a Christian book. ![]()
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