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A review by tangleroot_eli
Another Turn of the Crank by Wendell Berry
3.0
A difficult book for me. It starts amazingly, with powerful, well-considered ideas that I agree with strongly. It progresses to powerful, well-considered ideas I disagree with but still respect because of the mix of experience, emotion, and intellect that Berry employs to make his point.
The further the collection progresses, the more it descends into bully-pulpitism, as when Berry uses an essay about responsible forestry to rail against abortion, or a speech about community health to denounce the entire medical profession. I hate to think I'm becoming one of those atheists who can't read anything written by Christian writers, but ultimately, I couldn't connect to writing that paints the world as fallen and argues that the real reason we should care for the environment is to form a relationship with God.
The further the collection progresses, the more it descends into bully-pulpitism, as when Berry uses an essay about responsible forestry to rail against abortion, or a speech about community health to denounce the entire medical profession. I hate to think I'm becoming one of those atheists who can't read anything written by Christian writers, but ultimately, I couldn't connect to writing that paints the world as fallen and argues that the real reason we should care for the environment is to form a relationship with God.