Sounds very idealized.TR (talk) 23:09, July 31, 2019 (UTC)
- Yes. I think Turtledove went out of his way to depict him the way high profile preachers should behave rather than the reality. The two Palestinian POV are also quite sympathetic in their depiction despite their anti-Israeli rhetoric. Only Nesbitt, among the POVs, is shown in a negative light. ML4E (talk) 21:28, August 1, 2019 (UTC)
- It feels like HT was trying to please everyone in this lackluster novel. Was Stark's denomination ever specified beyond Evangelical? The cliché default would be Baptist, but I don't know if that is confirmed.Matthew Babe Stevenson (talk) 18:30, 16 June 2021 (UTC)