{"id":15697,"date":"2026-09-25T09:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/?p=15697"},"modified":"2026-09-25T09:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:09:58","slug":"the-book-that-changed-my-life-10-8-at-400pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/the-book-that-changed-my-life-10-8-at-400pm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book That Changed My Life 10\/8 at 4:00pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Book That Changed My Life,<br>Dr. Vance Morgan on Marilynne Robinson&#8217;s Gilead Thursday, Oct 8 4:00pm | CCDS. Dr. Vance Morgan, Professor of Philosophy, will speak on Marilynne Robinson&#8217;s 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning novel\u00a0 Gilead which has been described as &#8220;a novel as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and as moving as prayer.&#8221;\u00a0 Come share in thoughtful conversation on how this novel serves as\u00a0 a good reminder of what it means to quietly live a moral and noble life. Participants will receive a complimentary copy of Gilead and enjoy light refreshments. The conversation is designed to be small, informal, thoughtful and to bring students, faculty, and staff into dialogue together.<br>If interested in joining, please RSVP via email to Ptrembl1@providence.edu to reserve your spot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Copy-of-Green-Pink-Vintage-Retro-Typographic-Movie-Night-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"An image of the cover of the book Gilead detailing Dr. Vance Morgan&apos;s Book that Changed My Life event\n\" class=\"wp-image-15698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Copy-of-Green-Pink-Vintage-Retro-Typographic-Movie-Night-Poster.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Copy-of-Green-Pink-Vintage-Retro-Typographic-Movie-Night-Poster-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Book That Changed My Life,<br \/>\nDr. Vance Morgan on Marilynne Robinson&#8217;s Gilead Thursday, Oct 8 4:00pm | CCDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upcoming-events","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15699,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15697\/revisions\/15699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}