This is not a subject I'm usually drawn to, liturgical matters and this is a subject that is front and center. Jan, a pastors daughter, whose faith is the mainstay of her life, and her husband James, who wants to change things, so becomes a pastor for this purpose. Charles, whose faith in God is all inclusive and Lily his wife who after the loss of her parents, no longer believes. Two couples whose lives will become entwined for better and worse. This is not a subject I'm usually drawn to, liturgical matters and this is a subject that is front A tremendously well done first novel. It's a poignant meditation on faith and reason, marriage and children, and the ways we find meaning in our lives.moreĪ tremendously well done first novel. Against the backdrop of turbulent changes facing the city and the church’s congregation, these four forge improbable paths through their evolving relationships, each struggling with uncertainty, heartbreak, and joy. The Dearly Beloved follows these two couples through decades of love and friendship, jealousy and understanding, forgiveness and commitment. James's escape from his desperate circumstances leads him to Nan and, despite his skepticism of hope in all its forms, her gentle, constant faith changes the course of his life. Nan grew up in Mississippi, the devout and beloved daughter of a minister and a debutante.
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James, the youngest son in a hardscrabble Chicago family, spent much of his youth angry at his alcoholic father and avoiding his anxious mother. How then, can he fall in love with Lily-fiercely intellectual, elegantly stern-after she tells him with certainty that she will never believe in God? And yet, how can he not? Their personal differences however, threaten to tear them apart.Ĭharles is destined to succeed his father as an esteemed professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about faith leads him to ministry. They meet in Greenwich Village in 1963 when Charles and James are jointly hired to steward the historic Third Presbyterian Church through turbulent times. Charles is destined to succeed his father as an esteemed professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about Charles and Lily, James and Nan. Their personal differences however, threaten to tear them apart. This would describe people who are beloved dearly.Charles and Lily, James and Nan. We can modify the adjective/participle: dearly beloved. This would describe beloved people who are dear. Thus, recently fallen -> recently fallen (people) -> people who have fallen recently. Recently modifies fallen, not fallen people.
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Thus, recent fallen -> recent ( fallen people) -> fallen people who are recent.Ģ) Recently fallen - if we use an adverb instead of an adjective, we must be modifying the participle, rather than the noun phrase. We can modify the whole noun phrase (fallen people) by adding an adjective. To modify this phrase, we have two options: (1) modify the noun derived from the participle by adding an adjective, or (2) modify the participle by adding an adverb and then make the whole phrase into a noun.ġ) Recent fallen - "fallen" is essentially a noun phrase, but a one-word phrase because we've elided a word. This use is similar to "the fallen" to mean the people who have died. Beloved seems to be either an adjective or a past participle acting as a noun.