April 1, 2001 Australian study is timely

THE PHRASE "healing and reconciliation" has become popular as churches struggle in light of the residential schools issues to find their future contribution to the well-being of indigenous communities in Canada. There is a...

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April 1, 2001 Percy Dearmer

IF PEOPLE remember the name of Percy Dearmer at all today, it is mostly for his famous manual The Parson's Handbook. Published originally in 1899, this influential book provided a guide to the simple and gracious celebration of...

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March 1, 2001 ABC planning new imprint

ABC Publishing will launch a new book imprint as part of the resource production arm of General Synod. Called Path Books, the service will offer books and pamphlets on practical spirituality to enhance everyday living. The first...

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March 1, 2001 Books for Lent

LENT BRINGS with it new books intended to deepen faith and enrich spirituality. Here is a selection of the best of this year's offerings.The Fingerprints of GodTracking the Divine Suspect Through a History of ImagesRobert Farrar...

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February 1, 2001 Books in Brief

Saint SaulA Skeleton Key to the Historical JesusDonald Harman Akenson346 pages, hardcover, $32.95McGill - Queen's University Press0773520 9025The author says that Paul's famous letters (epistles) with their six biographical...

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January 1, 2001 Volume offers insights on relating to God

Phillip Yancy, whose writings have won him awards and wide respect, is a conservative Christian who reads and comments broadly while appealing to an expanding ecumenical audience. His books include Where is God When it Hurts?,...

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December 1, 2000 Aspects of history that still live today

AS THE first of these books says, "People who have lost their memory can be a problem to themselves and to those close to them. So, too, Christians do well to know where they have come from, and how they have got here." Each of...

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December 1, 2000 Art books chronicle the search for Christ's likeness

FOR TWO millennia artists have struggled to create an image of the Christ - human and divine, with no information about his appearance. These books, all large format and rich in superb colour plates, present their varied attempts...

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December 1, 2000 Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul

THE IDEA of Mom's traditional remedy of chicken soup has led to a succession of effective books designed to appeal to a variety of people from children to golfers. [pullquote] The latest of these, Chicken Soup for the...

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November 1, 2000 Books focus on Christian Advent rather than on secular Christmas

THIS YEAR has brought some interesting books focused on the Christian Advent - what one of them calls the nativity Lent - rather than the Christmas season of secular (and popular church) observance. This...

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