What Are We Doing Here?
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"What Are We Doing Here?" is a collection of essays by Marilynne Robinson that reflects on politics, religion, history, and the humanities through her characteristically thoughtful and theologically informed perspective.
All labels observed (1)
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| What Are We Doing Here? canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8245058 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What Are We Doing Here? Context triple: [Marilynne Robinson, notableWork, What Are We Doing Here?]
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A.
Where Are We Now?
"Where Are We Now?" is a reflective, melancholic song by David Bowie that marked his surprise comeback in 2013 after a decade-long hiatus.
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B.
What Am I Here For?
"What Am I Here For?" is a jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington that has become a widely recorded and performed piece in the jazz repertoire.
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C.
We’re Here Because We’re Here
We’re Here Because We’re Here is a large-scale 2016 UK-wide participatory artwork commemorating the Battle of the Somme, conceived by British artist Jeremy Deller and National Theatre director Rufus Norris.
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D.
Where We Are
"Where We Are" is a studio album by Irish pop group Westlife, marking their return after a brief hiatus with a mix of pop ballads and contemporary pop tracks.
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E.
Who We Are
"Who We Are" is a song featured as a component of the musical work "All of Me."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What Are We Doing Here? Target entity description: "What Are We Doing Here?" is a collection of essays by Marilynne Robinson that reflects on politics, religion, history, and the humanities through her characteristically thoughtful and theologically informed perspective.
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A.
Where Are We Now?
"Where Are We Now?" is a reflective, melancholic song by David Bowie that marked his surprise comeback in 2013 after a decade-long hiatus.
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B.
What Am I Here For?
"What Am I Here For?" is a jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington that has become a widely recorded and performed piece in the jazz repertoire.
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C.
We’re Here Because We’re Here
We’re Here Because We’re Here is a large-scale 2016 UK-wide participatory artwork commemorating the Battle of the Somme, conceived by British artist Jeremy Deller and National Theatre director Rufus Norris.
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D.
Where We Are
"Where We Are" is a studio album by Irish pop group Westlife, marking their return after a brief hiatus with a mix of pop ballads and contemporary pop tracks.
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E.
Who We Are
"Who We Are" is a song featured as a component of the musical work "All of Me."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Marilynne Robinson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| explores |
dignity of human persons
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moral imagination ⓘ relationship between faith and public life ⓘ role of religion in American history ⓘ value of the humanities ⓘ |
| follows | The Givenness of Things ⓘ |
| genre | essays ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of previously delivered lectures ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American public life
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Calvinism ⓘ Christian humanism ⓘ Reformed theology ⓘ democracy ⓘ ethics ⓘ history ⓘ humanities ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ liberal education ⓘ politics ⓘ religion ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of contemporary American politics
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defense of liberal arts education ⓘ historical memory ⓘ interplay of theology and culture ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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readers interested in religion and politics ⓘ readers of humanities and intellectual history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
essayistic
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theologically informed ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Marilynne Robinson non-fiction works ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| tone |
critical
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meditative ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: What Are We Doing Here? Description of subject: "What Are We Doing Here?" is a collection of essays by Marilynne Robinson that reflects on politics, religion, history, and the humanities through her characteristically thoughtful and theologically informed perspective.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
Marilynne