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The introduction, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your groups discussion of jon krakauers deeply unsettling new book, under the banner of heaven. Jon krakauers three previous books, eiger dreams 1990, into the wild 1996, and into thin air1997, examined the struggle to survive in extreme climates. In under the banner of heaven, he turns to a different kind of extremism. From audiofile under the banner of heaven is a fascinating story of religious extremism and its impact on the mormon church. While it is entertaining, it also confronts the issues of faith and belief, showing how detached from reason these concepts can become when people lean far towared fundamentalist belief systems without questioning that. A story of violent faith audiobook written by jon krakauer.
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