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Growing Up Lutheran: What Does This Mean?
If you search for the word "coffee" in the Bible, if you're pretty sure that all the pairs of animals in Noah's Ark were married, and if you know that Heaven is up and Hell is down, you'll love "Growing Up Lutheran." If the Lutherans you know seem rather, er, mysterious, it will do you good.
Combining their own memories with those of other Lutherans who grew up in the 194...more
Combining their own memories with those of other Lutherans who grew up in the 194...more
Audio CD, Abridged, 1 page
Published
June 2nd 2005
by Highbridge Company
(first published October 1st 1998)
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This book offers a respectful insight into an earlier time (1950s and 1960s) of a religious subculture of the American Midwest by two women who were raised in it. I found it very touching and interesting, with gentle humor and appreciation of their families and church life. I have a feeling this subculture no longer exists in our modern world, so the careful and loving depiction may be an important ethnographic study of a bygone era. It was a far sweeter and more innocent time than ours, that is...more
Listened to two thirds of it, but other books have been more appealing so haven't finished listening to it (and probably won't).
I will say that while I generally prefer reading to listening, I am coming to have a real appreciation for the audio format and hearing things like "and it is most certainly true" at the end of each segment was hilarious for this raised-Lutheran listener.
I will say that while I generally prefer reading to listening, I am coming to have a real appreciation for the audio format and hearing things like "and it is most certainly true" at the end of each segment was hilarious for this raised-Lutheran listener.
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