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Petergiaquinta
At first I was waiting for those mass-produced Gemstone Bibles made in the Shenzhen Economic Zone to somehow be connected to the spread of the Shen fever.
Then I realized that connection didn't really need to be made explicit or made at all because Ling Ma is helping us come to the understanding that globalization itself is like a virus spreading infection across the planet...and you know what else is? Religion too!
Ling Ma really does something interesting here by having Candace oversee the production of cheap Bibles made by Asian wage slaves for Evangelical American tweener girls. Things don't get much more cynical than that!
Then I realized that connection didn't really need to be made explicit or made at all because Ling Ma is helping us come to the understanding that globalization itself is like a virus spreading infection across the planet...and you know what else is? Religion too!
Ling Ma really does something interesting here by having Candace oversee the production of cheap Bibles made by Asian wage slaves for Evangelical American tweener girls. Things don't get much more cynical than that!
Russ Kaminski
This book has a lot about religion, but I wouldn't call it religious. It's more critical of consumerism and hypocrisy in religion than it is preaching a gospel.
The main character works for a company that publishes Bibles, exposing a heartless business side of religion. The antagonist is very religious and creates his own religious rituals. Other characters often pray or meditate. Some characters join a church not because they believe in God, but because they want to be part of a community.
The main character works for a company that publishes Bibles, exposing a heartless business side of religion. The antagonist is very religious and creates his own religious rituals. Other characters often pray or meditate. Some characters join a church not because they believe in God, but because they want to be part of a community.
Judy Lindow
I can't explain it but I felt like crying in the end. I would say this story is very sectarian. It's sort of what comes after religion dies. People meeting to more to make friends in circles, pseudo spiritual pep-talks, bibles for day of the week, cutting up a retail-online-catalogue for images your loved ones can use in their after life ... praying is more a posture than a practice ... sort of a KFC version, mix tape of religions .. people really feeling the need for a "reset".
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