Quite a dense and academic book. I found it originally in the UEA library, read some of it there and decided to buy it.
It mainly covers the rise of Evangelical Christianity in America and of Islam in the middle east. It's a scary, but not unexpected, story of how people are rejecting the modern world and breakdown of families, and grasping religion as a guide. Crazy nut jobs the lot of them, but understandably nutty.
Something more than just learning a new language. Not so simple as that. Learning a new language implies having already learnt the first one. Learning a new language isn't just about the words. There is the context, the history, culture, and sense. There is the need to read and read and read. To observe, feel, and breathe. Now that's learning
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