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Despite protests and warnings from friends and family, author Madeleine L’Engle, at the age of seventy-four, embarked on a rafting trip to Antarctica. Her journey through the startling beauty of the continent led her to write Penguins and Golden Calves, a captivating discussion of how opening oneself up to icons, or everyday “windows to God,” leads to the development of a rich and deeply spiritual faith.
Here, L’Engle explains how ordinary things such as family, words, the Bible, heaven, and even penguins can become such windows. She also shows how such a window becomes an idol–a penguin becomes a “golden calf”–when we see it as a reflection of itself instead of God.
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Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Unexpected Places
Sep 18, 2018, Convergent Books, Kuperard Publishers
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1524759147 9781524759148
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Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Unexpected Places
February 18, 2003, Shaw
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0877886318 9780877886310
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Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Unexpected Places
1996-01-01, Imprint unknown
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