Chapter 5 of Nevil Shute's Round the Bend

Religious Entrepreneurship in Nevil Shute’s Round the Bend

What is this book about?

Is it primarily about commerce, with a veneer of religion?
The other way around?
An exploration of the human tension between them?
A hopeful vision of a future where they are reconciled?

Chapter 3 of Nevil Shute's Round the Bend

The rest of Chapter 2 of Round the Bend
Plus a bonus Nevil Shute fan fiction vignette, by Ernie: Round the Bend and Back Again

Driving Question: What is this book about?

Chapter 2 of Round the Bend by Nevil Shute

Ironically interrupted by Ernie's mother, to ask for his help with moving the family cars

Round the Bend, by Nevil Shute (Norway)

In order to preserve relationship, we must give up control (kenosis)

See also: Love vs. Power (Philip Yancey via Mitch Teemley)

What does it take to empathize and reconcile with the one we defined ourself as opposing?

Thesis, AntiThesis, Synthesis

Reflecting on the values we inherit