{"product_id":"9781462837991","title":"Beyond Religion","description":"This book is about faith and logic, sin and guilt. It is also about innocence and its punishment.  The novel traces Thomas Spanner’s life with a dysfunctional father who blames Thomas for his sister’s death. Unable to cope with blame and guilt, Thomas becomes drug addicted. He has a religious experience, gives up his drug dependency and eventually becomes a priest. He is assigned to an isolated religious community where he tries to fight a harsh Medieval Catholicism. Thomas falls in love with Greta—church secretary and nominal Catholic. They marry and together they escape from Johnsburgh","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166193762544,"sku":"9781462837991","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462837991_p0.jpg?v=1763679149","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462837991","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}