Marie M. Fortune.
Being a parson, Marie M. Fortune has an extraordinary passion for humanity. This is one of the primary reasons why, in my opinion, she founded the FaithTrust Institute. She wanted to extend her passion and help to those who are in need by organizing forums and conferences to promote awareness against domestic violence and sexual abuse.
The book Is Nothing Sacred is about the story of a pastor who sexually abused women and the consequences that he faced when his deeds were exposed. The pastor seemed an average preacher that leads the church. People looked up at him with reverence and respect. People believe what he lectures because he is the person in authority. And being in his position, he has the loyalty of his subjects. His words seem to be facts that people should believe in and respect without question. However, everything about the pastor was just a faade. He was not the person that people deemed him to be. He sexually abused women and even used his position and authority to make his malicious intentions towards women easier to realize. The central point of the book was that not everything that seemed normal is right and actually normal. In the silence of the night and behind the smiles of women, there may be pain and abuse and this should not be taken for granted because it is a reality and there may be a lot of women who needs rescue and a lot of abusers that have to be persecuted and stopped with their wrong-doings.
The book in was organized in a way that effectively showed how a seemingly normal environment and people may have dark secrets. Is Nothing Sacred started with a general impression of an average congregation and a leader that seemed to be perfectly typical and ordinary. As the book progresses, it showed the series of events that gave hints that there is something wrong with the pastor and the ignorance of the congregation about it. The turn of events was gradual. As readers flipped from page to page, they get the hidden message that there was something wrong. The organization and pacing of the different parts of the book was very effective because of its gradualism thus, the readers felt the impact of each and every action and the consequences were deeply realized.
As aforementioned, each part of the book is vital to each other. The first part is important for a reader to understand the next and so on. Therefore, readers have to read thoroughly each and every part because there are many questions in the succeeding parts that is answered by the previous or sometimes the next. The events were intelligently intertwined. There is nothing in the content of the book that is unnecessary to the development of the central idea and message. The climax of the book was the revelation of the pastors malicious practices. However, wake up call didnt end in the disclosure of the secret it continues on the consequences of the pastors actions. More shocking and disturbing than the malicious deeds of the pastor were the effects it had to the women he abused and the congregation that believed in him.
Hence, the development of the book was designed to always go back to the central point which is the pain behind the silence. From the beginning till the end, all summits point to the unfortunate fact that silence does not necessarily signifies peace and righteousness. There is more to the eyes can see. And what is more fateful fact is that sometimes what we see is not real but just a faade of something immoral.
Basically, I judged the book by the following criteria organization of thought, effective deliverance and its ability to touch the awareness of the readers. The organization of thought is an important criterion because it is the technical know-how of the author. There are instances when even though how big the idea is, if the way on how it is related is not effective, it becomes useless. The transition of partstopics of the book is included in the organization of thought. It is important that the information being discussed in a page is not far fetched from the previous and the next pages. This will make the readers attention focused and thus, understanding is deeper. Marie M. Fortune did an excellent job in organizing the ideas of her book Is Nothing Sacred. Each page is a link of the previous and the next. So when you start reading it, you cannot stop until you actually finish.
The second criterion on which I based my judgment of the book is effective deliverance. The criterion in composed of the way the information are conveyed and on the technical side, the choice of words and the construction of sentences. Good choice of words and fine development of sentences make a very good composition. Effective deliverance makes the message easier to reach the heart and mind of the readers. Is Nothing Sacred is a very good example of a book with a very good way of delivering the central point of message. The words used were carefully chosen. Crucial points and events were artfully described and thus, understood easily. Especially that the book deals with sexual matters, it made a very good job in making the descriptions educationally adaptive.
The last, but definitely not the least, criterion on how I judged the book is the ability to touch the awareness of the readers. Needless to say, it is abundantly clear that Is Nothing Sacred did an excellent job at this. As a matter of fact, it is one of the supreme books that deal about domestic violence and sexual abuse. It is one of the favorite resources when it comes to discussions about how to fight domestic violence and the eradication of sexual abuse in the society.
If the book was person that a reader can talk to, it teaches a lot. The title itself is very intriguing. As soon as hearing the title Is Nothing Sacred, readers themselves ask the same question to their subconscious Is Nothing Sacred The answer is then profoundly discussed in the content of the book. Thus, if you consider the book as a person, you will become a very amazed audience listening to ideas and information that seem to be unreal yet actually exists. Along the progression of the book, you may have plenty of why and how. The best part is that questions are not left unanswered because the book was developed in a manner that all questions at point A are answered when you reached point B.
Ultimately, the book Is Nothing Sacred achieved its goal. It became a famous book in the field of anti-violence and anti-sexual exploits. Whenever there are conferences or forum about the topic of domestic violence and sexual abuse, the book always serves as an eye-opener. It is because it was able to effectively address the issues that ministries hide. It made public the secrets of some congregations and sends out the message that keeping sexual abuse and violence as a secret is never healthy, both to the victims and the offenders. Eventually, the truth comes out. Thus, it is best to address the issues and problems and hit it right at the eye.
Although Is Nothing Sacred talks about something negative that happened in the ministry, its effect is the adverse. It actually became a tool for the ministry to strengthen the trust of its members by making them aware of their rights and educating them of their duties to their brothers and sisters.
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