
[Unedited] Mary Doria Russell With Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Jewish Worldview and Dan's Life
I left the church when I was 15 and replaced Catholicism with anthropology for about 20 years. When I became a mother at 35, suddenly cultural relativity didn't do the job for me anymore. And it was in that context that I began to write the sparrow. Because I had decided to bring religion back into my life after, after 20-some years and into the life of my, of my family. It wasn't again, there was your trade off.
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