Sigh

[tree_and_leaf]

I was in Borders this afternoon, looking for a chocolate croissant, and noticed that Sarah Paretsky was coming to speak about her new novel tonight. Too late for me, alas.

On the other hand, I did get a very good book about the history of doctrine. But Border's 'Religion' section drives me up the wall. They jumble together Bibles and liturgy, academic theology, popular theology, devotional books (mostly American), utter rubbish of the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail type, some books on magic that I suspect were misfiled, and ghastly novels like the Left Behind series, which certainly shouldn't be in the non-fiction section. You can't find anything. Blackwells is much better: a far bigger selection and categorised by someone who knows something about the subject (and no Baigent and Leigh or LeHay, or whatever the guy is called, which is a good thing). On the other hand, they do sometimes have good books, particularly from American publishers, which Blackwells sometimes don't - such as Pelikan's history of Christian Doctrine.

/rant...

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

Sounds like it, doesn't it! And these are the people who they hope will bring moral revival to a corrupt world.

I mean, even the most suspicious mediaeval clerics didn't suspect that all brothers and sisters secretly want to screw each other...

[aervir.livejournal.com]

And as the youngest of three siblings, with two elder brothers, I can only agree with them (the clerics I mean, not the loony Bible college staff). 'Cause ewww, just ewwwwww.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Actually, that was the case when my mother spent a year at Pershore college (agricultural) in the 1960s. Brothers and fathers weren’t allowed beyond the front door even into the common room. I suppose the ‘risk’ is that a girl could pretend to be in her room with her brother, but really she’s downstairs and the brother’s with someone else.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's the less kinky explanation then. ;)