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"And once Copernican cosmology finally supplanted the Ptolemaic, Christians had little trouble adapting to that either."

Buddy, I've got some news for you about that one...

"As the glory of God tabernacles in the body of Jesus so it will tabernacle in the “body” of the renewed creation, and the glory of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea."
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"Because when the human icon of God that represents the whole cosmos is rescued and completed, then that which it represents can itself be redeemed and reach its fulfillment."

Loving this so far. The symbols are not meant to be parsed out and reduced to their "literal" correspondence. They create an imaginative world which we inhabit and which changes the way we see our world.

Reading as a "self study" assignment for my class on Hebrews to Revelation. So far nothing especially new, although I'm enjoying the detailed look at the various ancient cosmologies.

This is such a perfect book for this moment. Not only is it set in the autumn; it's about people loving and fighting for each other in a world that seems to be falling apart.

Is this... perhaps... a romance that actually works? in a recent novel?? it's a rivals-to-lovers that isn't toxic?? I didn't actually think that was possible

The metaphors are belabored but I'm intrigued anyway

I'm reading this in pieces, to take a break from paper writing, and it's perfect. Step away from the stress and into June's world.

exactly the right amount of creepy

it really is a summer for murder mysteries I guess

This is so strangely paced. I feel like we should be at the midpoint (at most), not nearly at the climax.

ahaha I love Stiefvater's dysfunctional families and weird best friends (I started reading this book less than an hour ago aaaaaaaahh)

hyperactive adhd child is the only one who talks like a real person. we love to see it.

I'm convinced what's going on here is the publisher said "we need an enemies-to-lovers trope" and hardly anyone has the writing ability to do that well.

I've never read anything by this author, and I know this is a sequel series, but it was a 7-day hot pick on Libby. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Also, why do girls in these books immediately fall for the most annoying guy present oh my gosh

Very cogent and sound discourse on the persons of the Trinity. I think it must be my own executive dysfunction that I just cannot stay focused on it 😭

Dorothy really said "this will be my magnum opus and it will be a mystery and also a comedy of manners and also an academic treatise on womanhood and vocation and marriage and academia and perhaps I will also deal with Freud while I'm at it"

I actually started this one ages ago and then forgot about it for a while. Now it's my lunch reading (although I'm debating going back for a full reread -- there's a lot of dense theological work going on, and I'd like to spend more time thinking through it).

"Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of comfortable horrors within."

Rereading this for the... third time? Fourth? I want to read all the Harriet Vane books in order and listen to the Literary Life podcast episodes on them. I love Sayers so much but honestly, the opening courtroom scene is multiple chapters of straight exposition and it doesn't quite stand up to many rereads.

I can't believe I'm already halfway through. feels like I'm just getting started. I don't even know how to convey the brilliance of the prose here.