{"id":8612,"date":"2020-02-10T12:19:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T18:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=8612"},"modified":"2020-02-10T12:19:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T18:19:43","slug":"what-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=8612","title":{"rendered":"WHAT A BOOK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?asin=B07F6P81DX\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>I read a lot of history.\u00a0 Usually, I have to read long books (400 pages plus) to get as much insight as this much shorter one by Gregg.\u00a0 In only 166 pages the author gives intellectual insights on every page.\u00a0 It is a feast for both heart and mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The writing is clear and compelling.\u00a0 Gregg knows the flow of Western ideas very well.\u00a0 He communicates with ease some of the main currents of thought.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is rare that the number of my markings (or marginalia) exceeds the number of the pages of a book I have read, but this is one of those rare times.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I highly recommend this balanced and beautifully conceived book!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read a lot of history.\u00a0 Usually, I have to read long books (400 pages plus) to get as much insight as this much shorter one by Gregg.\u00a0 In only 166 pages the author gives intellectual insights on every page.\u00a0 It is a feast for both heart and mind. The writing is clear and compelling.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,43,72,37,110,53,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-christianity","category-faith","category-learningeducation","category-philosophy","category-politics","category-worldview"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8613,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8612\/revisions\/8613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}