Well, Define "Christian" . . .

This beautifully researched book starts with an obituary. Very fitting, since the rest of the book is a complete autopsy. Layer by layer, the author peers into the patient to find the former life inside, and like all of us, there are things to be celebrated and there's a lot of other stuff which is, at best, shameful. One wonders about the assumed "separation of church and state" that is supposed to be woven into the fabric of our nation--seems to have been maybe a great idea and message but not so much a practice. Fascinating to read and ponder. However, it was written in 2016, and that's a while ago. His afterword addresses that election and although he predicted some of what ultimately happened during that presidential term, he skews more hopeful than, say, Margaret Atwood's interpretation of things. It would be so interesting to talk to him now. Another book, Robert?