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FROM: "Lynette Olson" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 11:16 AM

Dear Fiction_L members, I took your suggestions for books to discuss for
this summer and have had a good turnout for Junes discussion (33% increase
on average) So I come to ask for your ideas again. For Fall book
discussion, the idea is to explore "religions" (not Christianity) through
fiction (or a very good non-fiction, maybe biographies). Of course I would
want to include Islam. (Then I thought I would ask practitioners of that
faith to the book discussion to help us understand some of the impact
religion plays on culture.) Ideas? I will post our collective list
to Fiction_L when it is completed. Thank you,

Lynette Olson
Emporia Public Library
Emporia Ks

PS. I have checked the fiction_L archives

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FROM: "Franz, Patty" <[removed]@pamunkeylibrary.org>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 11:21 AM

I think there are lots of opportunities to discuss religion with Zadie Smith's White Teeth.

Patty Franz
Supervising Librarian
Pamunkey Regional Library
P. O. Box 119
Hanover, VA 23069

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FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 11:38 AM

Once again, I recommend "The sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell. The predominant
theme of this book is the nature of mission and keeping one's faith in
debilitating times.
Life after God, Douglas Coupland
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

-----Original Message-----
From: Lynette Olson [[removed]@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:13 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Suggestions-Fall book Discussion

Dear Fiction_L members, I took your suggestions for books to discuss for
this summer and have had a good turnout for Junes discussion (33% increase
on average) So I come to ask for your ideas again. For Fall book
discussion, the idea is to explore "religions" (not Christianity) through
fiction (or a very good non-fiction, maybe biographies). Of course I would
want to include Islam. (Then I thought I would ask practitioners of that
faith to the book discussion to help us understand some of the impact
religion plays on culture.) Ideas? I will post our collective list
to Fiction_L when it is completed. Thank you,

Lynette Olson
Emporia Public Library
Emporia Ks

PS. I have checked the fiction_L archives

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FROM: "Joan Cales" <[removed]@wpl.org>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 11:56 AM

Lynette,
I assume you have already looked at the series "Faith in Fiction: World
Faiths" offered by the Kansas Humanities Council. We used this series last
fall, and with the exception of one book, found the material to be OK. One
word of caution - be sure your discussion leader has an understanding of the
faith you are exploring. We had a problem with this and I think it had a
very negative impact on the series.
For those of you who don't have access to the KHC, here are the books they
used:
A Distant View of a Minaret and other Stories by Alifa Rifaat (Islam)
Harp of Burma by Michio Takeyama (Buddhism) - not a good choice
Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya (Hinduism)
The Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham (Judaism)

The only other thing I think could be improved is that they are all older
titles.

Joan M. Cales
Special Services Librarian
Winfield Public Library
605 College
Winfield, KS.67156
620-221-4470
www.wpl.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynette Olson" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:12 AM
Subject: Suggestions-Fall book Discussion

> Dear Fiction_L members, I took your suggestions for books to discuss for
> this summer and have had a good turnout for Junes discussion (33% increase
> on average) So I come to ask for your ideas again. For Fall book
> discussion, the idea is to explore "religions" (not Christianity) through
> fiction (or a very good non-fiction, maybe biographies). Of course I
would
> want to include Islam. (Then I thought I would ask practitioners of that
> faith to the book discussion to help us understand some of the impact
> religion plays on culture.) Ideas? I will post our collective list
> to Fiction_L when it is completed. Thank you,
>
>
> Lynette Olson
> Emporia Public Library
> Emporia Ks
>
> PS. I have checked the fiction_L archives
>
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 12:02 PM

>From: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: RE: Suggestions-Fall book Discussion
>Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:34:17 -0500
>
>Once again, I recommend "The sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell.

Another good sf treatment that should spark discussion can be found in James
Blish's "After Such Knowledge" tetralogy:

1. A Case of Conscience (1958)
2. Dr. Mirabilis (1964, rev 1971)
3. Black Easter (1968)
4. The Day After Judgment (1971)

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FROM: "Jeannine Cook" <[removed]@co.douglas.or.us>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 12:06 PM

Any of Chaim Potok's for Hasidic Judaism.

Lynette Olson wrote:

> Dear Fiction_L members, I took your suggestions for books to discuss for
> this summer and have had a good turnout for Junes discussion (33% increase
> on average) So I come to ask for your ideas again. For Fall book
> discussion, the idea is to explore "religions" (not Christianity) through
> fiction (or a very good non-fiction, maybe biographies). Of course I would
> want to include Islam. (Then I thought I would ask practitioners of that
> faith to the book discussion to help us understand some of the impact
> religion plays on culture.) Ideas? I will post our collective list
> to Fiction_L when it is completed. Thank you,
>
> Lynette Olson
> Emporia Public Library
> Emporia Ks
>
> PS. I have checked the fiction_L archives
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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--
Jeannine Cook
Adult Services Librarian

Douglas County Library
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Roseburg OR 97470
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phone: (541)440-6013
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 6/11/03, 1:16 PM

Way long ago, there were novels (I read them when I was in HS, by Gladys
Malvern. I believe she wrote about such biblical figures as Ruth, perhaps Esther,
etc. You might also consider Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael mysteries, in
which the Catholic faith is a very strong subtext. Also Eco's The Name of the
Rose. Ditto.

Also, hasn't Fiction_L done a thread within the last couple of years about
fiction in religious contexts?

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance Novelist/former librarian

In a message dated 6/11/2003 12:13:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[removed]@hotmail.com writes:

Dear Fiction_L members, I took your suggestions for books to discuss for
this summer and have had a good turnout for Junes discussion (33% increase
on average) So I come to ask for your ideas again. For Fall book
discussion, the idea is to explore "religions" (not Christianity) through
fiction (or a very good non-fiction, maybe biographies). Of course I would
want to include Islam. (Then I thought I would ask practitioners of that
faith to the book discussion to help us understand some of the impact
religion plays on culture.) Ideas? I will post our collective list
to Fiction_L when it is completed. Thank you,

Lynette Olson
Emporia Public Library
Emporia Ks

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@glendaleaz.com>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 1:22 PM

Speaking of Hasidism, Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham is a great read - I couldn't put it down.

And while I LOVED The Sparrow (read it 4 times), the predominant religion is Catholicism. (Jesuit priests)

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> [removed]@co.douglas.or.us 06/11/03 10:10AM >>>
Any of Chaim Potok's for Hasidic Judaism.

Lynette Olson wrote:

> Dear Fiction_L members, I took your suggestions for books to discuss for
> this summer and have had a good turnout for Junes discussion (33% increase
> on average) So I come to ask for your ideas again. For Fall book
> discussion, the idea is to explore "religions" (not Christianity) through
> fiction (or a very good non-fiction, maybe biographies). Of course I would
> want to include Islam. (Then I thought I would ask practitioners of that
> faith to the book discussion to help us understand some of the impact
> religion plays on culture.) Ideas? I will post our collective list
> to Fiction_L when it is completed. Thank you,
>
> Lynette Olson
> Emporia Public Library
> Emporia Ks
>
> PS. I have checked the fiction_L archives
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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Jeannine Cook
Adult Services Librarian

Douglas County Library
1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.
Roseburg OR 97470
[removed]@co.douglas.or.us
phone: (541)440-6013
fax: (541)440-6011

FROM: "Ellen Reynolds" <[removed]@pls-net.org>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 3:16 PM

Two nonfiction books my discussion group appreciated were Nine Parts of
Desire: the hidden world of Islamic women by Geraldine Brooks(1996) and West
of Kabul, East of New York: an Afghan American story by Mir Tamim Ansary
(2002) . The Ansary title particularly gave an impression of a gentler
Islam that is family-focused, unlike the one we hear about in the media.
Brooks is an Australian journalist who spent time as a foreign correspondent
in some Middle East countries. (and also wrote Year of Wonders)
Ellen J. Reynolds [removed]@pls-net.org
Adult Services Coordinator
Pioneer Library System www.pls-net.org
4595 Rt. 21 N. 585-394-8260 (V)
Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-394-1935 (FAX)
Subject: Suggestions-Fall book Discussion
From: "Lynette Olson" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:12:48 -0500

Dear Fiction_L members, I took your suggestions for books to discuss for
this summer and have had a good turnout for Junes discussion (33% increase
on average) So I come to ask for your ideas again. For Fall book
discussion, the idea is to explore "religions" (not Christianity) through
fiction (or a very good non-fiction, maybe biographies). Of course I would
want to include Islam. (Then I thought I would ask practitioners of that
faith to the book discussion to help us understand some of the impact
religion plays on culture.) Ideas? I will post our collective list
to Fiction_L when it is completed. Thank you,

Lynette Olson
Emporia Public Library
Emporia Ks

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 6:39 PM

>From: [removed]@aol.com
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Suggestions-Fall book Discussion
>Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:12:56 EDT
>
>Way long ago, there were novels (I read them when I was in HS, by Gladys
>Malvern. I believe she wrote about such biblical figures as Ruth, perhaps
>Esther,
>etc.

Marjorie Holmes's Christian novels would work in this context also.

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FROM: Aaron Smith <[removed]@epicurus.oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 6/11/03, 7:18 PM

Another possibility for a spirited (no pun intended) discussion would be
Kay Kenyon's The braided world (New York, N.Y.: Bantam, 2003), a science
fiction offering in which humankind confront a similar species and observe
it as sociological phenomenon, offering both moral challenge and complex
interactions.

The evolved religion is a kind of animism, if I recall ...

Aaron Smith
Clermont County Public Library, Ohio
[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us

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