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Chargement... L'année où j'ai vécu selon la Bible (2007)par A. J. Jacobs
  
Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. 1   yokai | May 26, 2010 | 
 Performance art or not, this is a well-researched, informative and entirely absorbing read.  Jacobs's discussions with his advisers and with men representing other religions make up the most thoughtful and insightful sections of the book. The author's determination despite constant complications from his modern secular life (wife, job, family, NYC) underscores both the absurdity of his plight and its profundity. If he starts out sounding like an interminable Ira Glass monologue, smarmy and name-dropping, he becomes much less off-putting as the year progresses, for he develops a serious conscience about such quotidian failings as self-centeredness, lying, swearing, and disparaging others. Throughout his journey, Jacobs comes across as a generous and thoughtful (and, yes, slightly neurotic) participant observer, lacing his story with absurdly funny cultural commentary as well as nuanced insights into the impossible task of biblical literalism. Prix et récompensesDistinctions
Raised in a secular family but interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to stone adulterers. The resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and profound, reverent and irreverent, personal and universal and will make you see history's most influential book with new eyes. Jacobs embeds himself in a cross-section of communities that take the Bible literally: he tours a creationist museum and sings hymns with Amish; he dances with Hasidic Jews and does Scripture study with Jehovah's Witnesses. He wrestles with seemingly archaic rules that baffle the 21st-century brain, and he discovers ancient wisdom of startling relevance.--From publisher description. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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- Le mensonge
- La convoitise
- La colère
- La vanité
- Le commérage
Durant son année biblique A.J. Jacobs va également partir à la rencontre des nombreuses communautés d'adorateurs de Dieu : les témoins de Jéhova et les Amish pour ne citer que deux des plus célèbres. Pour se rapprocher un peu plus de Dieu, il va même faire un voyage vers la terre sainte. Ce livre est le récit (un paragraphe par jour) de cette plongée dans la foi. Bourré d'humour, comme l'a voulu l'auteur, il prêtera à rire mais aussi à s'interroger sur cette Bible, ce livre, qui régit la vie des hommes depuis si longtemps. On passe un très bon moment en compagnie de ce sympathique journaliste. Une lecture rafraichissante et novatrice que je recommande chaudement même si on sent que l'auteur s'essouffle un peu vers la fin. http://www.aubonroman.com/2010/05/lannee-ou-jai-vecu-selon-la-bible-par.htm... (