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"Acclaimed author Dennis Covington examines the nature of faith, ""the substance of things hoped for along borders where cultures and religions collide."" If religious belief is, as Christopher Hitchens argues, the cause of wars and genocide, then is faith the cure? Traveling to countries that have unsettled borders and religious strife in common--Syria, Mexico, Israel, and the American South, to name a few--Covington searches for answers, looking not for doctrines, creeds, or beliefs--which, he says, can be irrational, contradictory, and dangerous--but for faith. Like his acclaimed Salvation on Sand Mountain, REVELATION is a personal journey, this time international in scope."

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A book of revelation--brilliant, dire, and full of grace. The New York Times

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Dennis Covington is the author of two novels and three nonfiction books. His book Salvation on Sand Mountain was a National Book Award finalist and is a classic, and his articles have been published in The New York Times and Vogue. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and earned a BA degree from the University of Virginia. He earned his MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, studying under Raymond Carver, and currently teaches creative writing at Texas Tech University.

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