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Stephen’s 2024 Year in Books
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Stephen Hayes
Goodreads Author
Born
in Durban, South Africa
Website
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Genre
Influences
Member Since
December 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/hayesstw
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The Enchanted Grove
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2021
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Of Wheels and Witches
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2014
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Cross Purposes
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The Year of the Dragon
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African Initiatives in Healing Ministry
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2011
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Black charismatic Anglicans: The Iviyo loFakazi bakaKristu and its relations with other renewal movements
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Modernised Christianity in premodern Africa
The Primal Vision by John V. Taylor
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is one of those life-changing books, which changed my attitude to a lot of things, and taught me things that proved useful in later life.
It is part of a series of books on Christian presence among other religions -- in this case the religions of sub-Saharan Africa. John V. Taylor, a British Anglican, served in East Africa, and read
Stephen’s Recent Updates
"This is an astonishingly good book. I did not love the theme at all at first. I wanted to scream at Philippa not to join a monastery. It felt like the rest of the book could not possibly be interesting and yet, it was often quite exciting. By page 20"
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"A widow gives up her successful career to become a Benedictine nun. This is a beautiful story.
It reminds me that nuns are real people. They have feelings, and strengths and faults. They love and sometimes they hurt others. They carry their own pain w" Read more of this review » |
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Stephen Hayes
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Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)'s review
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In This House of Brede:
"I first read this book back in the late 60s or early 70s, certainly before I was in highschool. I had read Godden's doll-related children's books (The Fairy Doll, Little Plum etc); when I was allowed access to the adult stacks at the library, this wa"
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"Ladies and gentlemen, I am ready to comment on the great discussion in this book. This reading was proposed by Mari Angels and in my opinion it has been quite a success, and an excellent proposition. At first I did not intend to write a review of thi"
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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
― Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings
― Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings
“Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy.”
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“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.”
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“It's only human nature for dogs to chase motorbikes”
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The Inklings
— 501 members
— last activity Jul 14, 2025 07:19AM
The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group associated with the University of Oxford, England, between the 1930s and the 1960s. Its most re ...more
Mythic Fiction
— 1186 members
— last activity Oct 07, 2025 01:52AM
A group for people to discuss and recommend works of mythic fiction. Mythic fiction is literature that contains elements from mythology, fairytales, l ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
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— last activity 4 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂfaith & fantasy⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂ
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“We read to know that we are not alone.” ―C.S. Lewis This is a group for fantasy lovers who are also followers of Jesus! ⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂ September MOTM: Z.C ...more
Marius Hancu: Reading with the AUE
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— last activity Feb 12, 2014 04:14AM
The group will host links to my questions related to my literature readings posted and answered in the alt.usage.english (AUE) newsgroup of the Usenet ...more
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