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Fleming Rutledge is a preacher and teacher known throughout the mainline Protestant denominations of the US, Canada and
parts of the UK. She is the author of seven books and has received a grant from the Louisville Foundation to complete a book
about the meaning of the Crucifixion.
One of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, she served for fourteen years on the clergy staff at Grace Church on Lower Broadway at Tenth Street, New York City. Fleming and her husband celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2009 and have two daughters and two grandchildren. She is a native of Franklin, Virginia.
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Ruminations: Marilynne Robinson's Gilead, March 14, 2005Monday, March 14, 2005Marilynne Robinson's Gilead, March 14, 2005A recent review (by a secular reviewer) of Gilead hits the bullseye, stating that no one can understand the book unless he/she is a Christian. Reviewers are raving (with justification) about the exquisite poetic language, the perfectly poised emotional temperature, the mastery of atmosphere and so on, but the fact is that the book will not yield its real secrets to anyone who does not grasp the essential nature of Christian faith.We have waited a whole generation (since the deaths of Walker Percy, Flannery O'Connor, and Graham Greene) for the appearance of another world-class writer of literary fiction with Christian themes. God be praised. Since the book is in a sense a series of meditations, it would lend itself, I should think, to an extended small-group study.
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