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** Eyewitness in the Holy Lands
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Review by Nicholas Porter
In this volume of personal stories, a Palestinian Episcopal priest communicates the innocence of pre-1948 Palestine and the humanity of its people, sharing a history not known to most English-speaking readers. Ateek tells of property confiscation, forced transfer, discrimination, and hardship, but also of a life of abundant blessings.
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** The Remains of St. Nicholas's Day
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Review by Christine Havens
A great-hearted, mischievous novel about holy relics which challenges readers to consider the consequences of a faith that loses sight of compassion and relationship with God.
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** Holding to Christ
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Review by Barbara White
"This succinct, four-week devotional engages the poetry of one of our tradition’s greatest poets, pastors, and spiritual writers, and skillfully illustrates how one of Herbert’s main themes — the Christian disciple’s lifelong struggle to remain fully devoted to Christ in a culture that seems to demand we pay attention to anything and everything else — is just as relevant today as it was in 17th-century England."
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** Asserting, Not Explaining, a Changing Mind
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Review by Andrew Goddard
"Amid its weaknesses, [this] book nevertheless represents an important contribution to discussions of sexuality in the Church."
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** Munzner's Playfully 'Ignorant' Davening
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Article by Dennis Raverty
"The process Munzner uses calls to mind the myth of the creation of the vessels ... [which] represents the reuniting of all those fragmented sparks of divinity, the ingathering and healing of the shattered universe, restoring it to the primordial state as it was before the beginning. This project takes place continuously and is never finished."
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