Posts tagged religion

ACTUAL BOOK

Should I read it? Yes.  A look at how American Christians have tailored their faith to make it ok to also push for the American Dream, Platt proposes a “radical” faith that pushes taking Jesus’ message into the world.  While not everything resonated with me, enough did to make this a worthwhile read.

AUDIOBOOK read by a full cast

The Screwtape Letters was a series of articles written by C.S. Lewis in 1941.  The articles were written as a series of letters from a demon named Screwtape to his nephew Wormwood, a “tempter” demon who is trying to secure the damnation of a human.  The letters focus on human weakness, and ways in which Wormwood’s taget could be pulled away from his faith.  The basic idea of these letters is an interesting one and hearing the viewpoint of the evil side makes one think about temptation in their own life.  The audiobook is well produced and performed by a number of voice actors with sound effects and music.  While it is well done, I found it hard to keep focused on.  I think this series is probably best as an actual book where you can read a section, think about it, and move on when you’re ready.