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An edition of Penguins & Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Unexpected Places (1996)

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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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H. Shaw
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English
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187

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Christianity, Icons, Idols and images, Spiritual life, Worship, L'engle, madeleine, 1918-2007, Spiritual life, christianity, Idols and images, worship, Christian life, Anglican authors, Miscellanea, Idolatry
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Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Unexpected Places
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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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Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Unexpected Places
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Penguins + golden calves: icons and idols
1996, H. Shaw
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Wheaton, IL
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Wheaton literary series
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Penguins and golden calves

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Dewey Decimal Class
242
Library of Congress
BV4501.2 .L446 1996

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187 p. ;
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187

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OL815268M
ISBN 10
0877886318
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95052818
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181837
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