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Kliska
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I’ve not read Muggeridge before, and would like to get a taste of his work, any recommends? Online or print is fine.
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Picky_Picky
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A taste that is anything like typical would be difficult since in his lifetime he hurtled from fairly far Left to fairly Right, and from atheist to Christian – so take care which period you pick from!
His book on the 30s was good, but that may not be what you’re looking for.
Here he is being offended:
youtube.com/watch?v=syA5Cg7vL6o
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Kliska
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Ha! You’re right, I forgot to specify; I’d like to read some of his later writings, or a sample of such. Thank you for your suggestion!
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TheAtheist
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Not quite sure if this is what you are looking for but…
One of my students taking the general biology courses I teach is currently working on a project for one of his social science courses - showing the effects of Journalism and politics.
I’m not completely familiar with the outlines of American politics - but I did ask him if he’s ever heard of the author you’ve spoken of - and apparently he has. Its part of a sub-section he’s writing comparing him with another man by the name of HL Mencken who is supposed to be some sort of Libertarian icon.
The book suggested for you was Malcolm Muggeridge: A Biography by Gregory Wolfe. Apparently the Bibliography of that work would serve as a good “road map” for the type of things you’d like to read written by Muggeridge.
Good luck.
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GKC
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Perhaps with his auto-bio, CHRONICLES OF WASTED TIME, in tandem.
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Picky_Picky
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Muggeridge, as it happens, was almost painfully British, but that apart it is lovely (because there are so many Americans of a somewhat advanced age in journalism who regard Mencken — the Sage of Baltimore — as a heroic figure) that he should be called “another man by the name of H L Mencken”.
Thank you.
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jinglebelle
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Muggeridge was a painful and excruciating bore.The sycophants who interviewed him fed his ego.What he said that was interesting was often offset by his posturing,a creature of his time and education.
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Picky_Picky
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Well, there you go. Opinions, opinions, eh, Mr Gibbon? Muggeridge, however, bore or no bore, was a very fine journalist.
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GKC
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Scribble, scribble, scribble.
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Kliska
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Thank you all for your suggestions, I hadn’t thought of the biographical books available!
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Bob_Crowley
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The attached link gives a list of books by Malcolm Muggeridge.
goodreads.com/author/list/17437.Malcolm_Muggeridge
As for an introduction to Malcolm Muggeridge, it depens on what you’re looking for. If you want a biography or life story, you could possibly start with “Chronicles of Wasted Time”.
But if you are trying to research his writings on Christianity, I’d suggest you start with “Something Beautiful for God”, which is really about Mother Teresa and the effect she had on him.
In my opinion, the documentary Muggeridge put together about Mother Teresa was a turning point is his own life.
There was one particularly haunting indoor shot. Muggeridge and his crew were concerned that there would not be enough light for the camera to work properly in the place where they were filming.
But they went ahead anyway. And he noted that to their surprise the indoor shots had this beautiful, ethereal, haunting quality to the light. I remember seeing one of these shots, and I think there was something supernatural coming through. It was beautiful. Christ was with the poor, as the nuns were.
I didn’t agree with all of his opinions, but he had a rare gift of being able to see through things and people pretty easily. He wasn’t impressed with the world.
I think Mother Teresa had a salutary effect on Malcolm Muggeridge, and years later he was inducted into the Catholic Church, which was a far cry from his left wing atheism of his early journalistic career.
goodreads.com/author/list/17437.Malcolm_Muggeridge
As for an introduction to Malcolm Muggeridge, it depens on what you’re looking for. If you want a biography or life story, you could possibly start with “Chronicles of Wasted Time”.
But if you are trying to research his writings on Christianity, I’d suggest you start with “Something Beautiful for God”, which is really about Mother Teresa and the effect she had on him.
In my opinion, the documentary Muggeridge put together about Mother Teresa was a turning point is his own life.
There was one particularly haunting indoor shot. Muggeridge and his crew were concerned that there would not be enough light for the camera to work properly in the place where they were filming.
But they went ahead anyway. And he noted that to their surprise the indoor shots had this beautiful, ethereal, haunting quality to the light. I remember seeing one of these shots, and I think there was something supernatural coming through. It was beautiful. Christ was with the poor, as the nuns were.
I didn’t agree with all of his opinions, but he had a rare gift of being able to see through things and people pretty easily. He wasn’t impressed with the world.
I think Mother Teresa had a salutary effect on Malcolm Muggeridge, and years later he was inducted into the Catholic Church, which was a far cry from his left wing atheism of his early journalistic career.
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Picky_Picky
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Just to make a point about his early journalistic career, however, his courage and honesty in discovering and reporting the Ukrainian famine, despite his then predeliction for admiring the Soviet experiment, (it was another turning point in his life), should not be forgotten.
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