I'd have to say that the most noteworthy book I have to tell you about this week is GIDEON'S TORCH by Charles Colson and Ellen Vaughn (Word). Colson is a well known public figure, convicted and imprisoned as a result of the the Watergate scandal, then becoming a well-known pro-life evangelical Christian. The theme of this novel is highly ambitious: an exploration of the behavior of the more extreme elements in the public debate over abortion. Without giving too much away, I will say that the plot involves a dramatic escalation in the intensity of the struggle between pro-life and pro-choice forces, including both acts of anti-abortion terrorism and injustices by the government.
Colson and Vaughn have tackled an extremely difficult subject. I think they made a genuine effort to get into the hearts and minds of people on all sides of the debate about abortion and to treat the views of others with dignity. To my mind, they deserve a lot of credit just for trying to write a fair book that tries to provoke thoughtfulness and quiet inner change when the contemporary debate about abortion seems to exclude those qualities almost by definition. Their effort succeeds better than I expected.
Editor's Recommendations, Summer 1996In this inaugural edition of IBIC's Featured Books, I'd like to draw your attention to several titles which have helped to shape my life and thinking.
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