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Autobiography of a Mid-Western Methodist Woman (b. 1953). What It Was Like to Be an American in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
| Author: | Beck, Martha C. | |
| Year: | 2008 | |
| Pages: | 324 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-5085-8 978-0-7734-5085-1 | |
| Price: | $219.95 | |
The spiritual odyssey of a woman whose personal experiences offer insights into the ideas and values of the progressive Christian tradition, and of the classical philosophers, most notably Plato and Aristotle. This book contains thirty-five black and white photographs.
Reviews
“Martha Beck . . . consistently explores connections between philosophy and theology . . . and links the theoretical issues in metaphysics ethics, and aesthetics, to each other and in her daily life.” - Prof. Carol Schersten LaHurd, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
“It is a remarkably candid, personal, and thoughtful memoir.” - Prof. Joseph N. Uemura, Hamline University
“It is a remarkably candid, personal, and thoughtful memoir.” - Prof. Joseph N. Uemura, Hamline University
Table of Contents
Preface by Carol Schersten LaHurd
Foreword by Joseph N. Uemura
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Person I was before Moving to St. Cloud
2. Growing Up in St. Cloud
3. 1968-1971: High School: To Everything there is a Season
4. College
5. Transferring Schools
6. Graduate School at MBC
7. On the Home Front
8. Changes
9. Teaching in Arkansas at Lyon College
10. My Children’s Lives
Bibliography
Foreword by Joseph N. Uemura
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Person I was before Moving to St. Cloud
2. Growing Up in St. Cloud
3. 1968-1971: High School: To Everything there is a Season
4. College
5. Transferring Schools
6. Graduate School at MBC
7. On the Home Front
8. Changes
9. Teaching in Arkansas at Lyon College
10. My Children’s Lives
Bibliography