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October 5, 2009

Vol. 201 / No. 8

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Faith in Focus
Patricia TaloneOctober 05, 2009

The ministry of a Catholic sister and physician

Books
Denise Lardner CarmodyOctober 05, 2009

Somehow it seems fitting that Karen Armstrong should make the case for God Her earlier works establish her gift for displaying the vast historical range of a topic with little distortion Here she pursues the human quest for God from the evidence of the cave painters of 30 000 B C E to the musings

Arts & Culture Books
Robert E. LauderOctober 05, 2009

With Alice McDermott, a new and different kind of Catholic novel has appeared.

Books
Dolores R. LeckeyOctober 05, 2009

A memoir of an American archbishop

Books
Thomas J. ShelleyOctober 05, 2009

Eamon Duffy on Mary Stuart, reviewed

Books
Kelly CherryOctober 05, 2009

We often use the word wise to mean ldquo insightful rdquo or ldquo graceful rdquo or ldquo shrewd rdquo or even ldquo humble rdquo Philip Levine rsquo s newest just-published poetry collection his 20th not even counting chapbooks is wise in a more fundamental truer way it is knowing

Books
Bill WilliamsOctober 05, 2009

Genocide has claimed hundreds of thousands of African lives in recent decades In his ambitious new book Tracy Kidder the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer takes readers into the heart of that awful chapter in human history through the eyes of a Burundian medical student named Deogratias mdash known