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Julie Boucher julieboucherdesigns — Thus far the best of the Gordon Smith books I've read (I have read a few and have more on my list). Smith does a good job of challenging reductionist, and minimalistic accounts of primal religious conversion and tries his best to give an account of religious conversion which rings true to our experience, as well as the Biblical text. There is much worth chewing on in this book, and certainly more than I want to name in this review. But one thing that I found particularly instructive is his seven elements of Christian conversion. They are: Intellectual, Penitential, Affective, Volitional, Sacramental, Charismatic, and Communal. If this seems like a lot, it is mitigated by the fact that Smith argues that generally people undergo a process of conversion rather than a punticular event (in the case of John Wesely, conversion lasted 13 years). There are more great things in this book. I plan to read his newer volume on conversion, Transforming Conversion. As I understand he has reworked some of the material from this book, but that these books are not simply redundant. As of yet I can't tell you which one I think you should read.

Abdalsamiah Marroush _arroush — Great book! The 'pray' section was by far my favorite part of the book.

Giovanni García giogarcia — A simply beautiful piece fo work my Jane Austen, I have seen dvd OVER AND OVER AGAIN!! Colin Firth is the best as Mr Darcy... A great Classic

Jenny White jennywhite02 — It is a great way to teach a lot about the amendments and such, but the pages break to easily.

Wei Lin wv888a28c — ** spoiler alert ** I can't say that this is my favorite Classic read. This was a book club selection. I hadn't read it before. It seems you either love this book or hate it. I was kind of inbetween. It took about 150 pages to really get into the story and the characters. For me, the story was pretty disturbing in the psychological aspects. Emma's deterioration to suicide is heart-breaking. Her total disregard of her child upsetting. I hated watching her change from a hopeful, young girl to a hardened disallusioned woman. I hated it when Hippo-guy was pressured into the surgery on his foot. And then Homais' no-chalant attitude after losing his leg. I can honestly say that I didn't particularly like any of the characters. I can appreciate the author for giving me a glimpse into a world that I couldn't conceive of by modern day standards. To be a woman, in those times, was so stifling. It made me wonder if Flaubert was describing the role of women and using it as device to critizie socitety for it's narrow views. Or if he was just describing norms of the time.

Edicta Pineda pinedaedicc5bf — I read this book a couple years ago and feel like it would be a good thing to read it again! It has great marraige advice and pointers!