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Forgiveness is a Work as Well as a Grace
Edna Hatlestad Hong · 1984
63/100
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Hong's credentials as co-translator of the complete Kierkegaard give this slim Lutheran meditation on forgiveness an intellectual authority most popular faith books lack, and the theological depth is genuinely unusual for the genre. But the 1984 publication, narrow Protestant audience, and minimal critical record make it hard to recommend broadly. For Lutheran readers or those drawn to Kierkegaard-adjacent Christian thought, it is worth hunting down; for everyone else, more accessible options exist.
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substance68
craft65
originality66
accuracy72
hype70
age-fit65
human-eye60
Penny’s verdict63
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