How Long to Read Playful Wisdom

How Long Does it Take to Read Playful Wisdom?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 16 minutes to read Playful Wisdom by Robert Leigh Davis

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Playful Wisdom examines how Henry David Thoreau’s thinking about religious “play” created a theological legacy in American literature—one that includes Emily Dickinson, Jack Kerouac, Thomas Merton, Annie Dillard, and Marilynne Robinson. Although these writers differ in many ways, they share with Thoreau an improvisational “looseness” or “mobility” in their thinking about the sacred, a sense that religious experience unsettles fixed belief and alters the very shape of the perceiving self. From this perspective, Robert Leigh Davis argues, unswerving orthodoxy is not as crucial to a life of faith as a light-handed responsiveness of spirit that constantly revises fixed assumptions in light of new experiences. Dickinson describes this responsiveness as “nimble believing” and Thoreau calls it “holy play.” Scholars of literature, religion, and philosophy will find this book particularly useful.

How long is Playful Wisdom?

Playful Wisdom by Robert Leigh Davis is 253 pages long, and a total of 64,009 words.

This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Playful Wisdom Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Playful Wisdom aloud.

What Reading Level is Playful Wisdom?

Playful Wisdom is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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