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02911aam a2200421 i 4500 001 E64D1326A10811EC97B7F3B05EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220311010013 008 210929s2022 oru b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2021046861 020 $a 1953534007 020 $a 9781953534002 035 $a (OCoLC)1260132360 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d WIM $d OJ4 $d FMG $d TCH $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a 121/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Krasnostein, Sarah, $e author. 245 14 $a The believer : $b encounters with the beginning, the end, and our place in the middle / $c Sarah Krasnostein. 246 30 $a Encounters with the beginning, the end, and our place in the middle 264 1 $a Portland : $b Tin House, $c 2022. 300 $a 397 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-397). 520 $a "For Sarah Krasnostein, it begins with a Mennonite choir performing on a subway platform, a fleeting moment of witness that sets her on a fascinating journey to discover why people need to believe in absolute truths and what happens when their beliefs crash into her own. Some of the people Krasnostein interviews believe in things many people do not: ghosts, UFOs, the literal creation of the universe in six days. Some believe in things most people would like to: dying with dignity and autonomy; facing up to our transgressions with truthfulness; living with integrity and compassion. By turns devastating and uplifting, and captured in snapshot-vivid detail, these six profiles of a death doula, a geologist who believes the world is six thousand years old, a lecturer in neurobiology who spends his weekends ghost hunting, the fianceÌe of a disappeared pilot and UFO enthusiasts, a woman incarcerated for killing her husband after suffering years of domestic violence, and Mennonite families in New York will leave you convinced that the most ordinary-seeming people are often the most remarkable and that deep and abiding commonalities can be found within the greatest differences. Vivid, unconventional, entertaining, and full of wonder, The Believer interweaves these stories with compassion and empathy, culminating in an unforgettable tour of the human condition that cuts to the core of who we are as people, and what we're doing on this earth"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Belief and doubt. 650 0 $a Faith. 650 0 $a Credulity. 650 0 $a Skepticism. 941 $a 8 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417015949.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314023908.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010032845.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230404014834.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20221008010531.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20220414010154.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20220412014606.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220311010054.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E64D1326A10811EC97B7F3B05EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search