Perhaps the hermit, Methuselah, could have been better as a conduit for antagonism, as also could Rev. While the novel did explore or illustrate these to some extent, and draw out some possible fallacies about “the chosen”, I think it could have done more in this, or be something to be taken up in a sequel of sorts. (See Max Weber’s the Protestant Ethic & the Spirit of Capitalism). how the respective religions instill different ways of living, thinking and social relationships, as well as explore notions around predestination. I wanted to read this because I have an academic interest in habitus and discourse as they relate to the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism/Calvinism, ie.
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