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December 17, 2007

Vol. 197 / No. 20

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Arts & Culture Books
The EditorsDecember 17, 2007

Gift ideas from America Media.

Books
John A. ColemanDecember 17, 2007

There has been a great deal of anecdotal speculation about religious proclivities and spiritual seeking among so-called Generation X the children of the baby boomers Robert Wuthnow a professor of sociology and director of the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University take

Books
Olga BonfiglioDecember 17, 2007

Forgiveness & the Nickel Mines school shooting: 'Amish Grace,' reviewed

The Word
Daniel J. HarringtonDecember 17, 2007

The Hebrew name Emmanuel which means God is with us combines the Hebrew expression for with us and one of the words for God El It refers to the presence of God among usthe great Advent hope Psalm 24 todays responsorial psalm was part of a liturgy carried out at the Jerusalem temple the mou

The Word
Daniel J. HarringtonDecember 17, 2007

The adjective motley means variegated in color By extension it can refer to any grouping of diverse and often incongruent elements The expression motley crew describes a loosely organized group of very different persons joined together sometimes unconsciously to achieve a goal The Scripture rea

Catholic Book Club
Patricia A. KossmannDecember 17, 2007

In keeping with our longstanding custom every December we recommend an illustrated gift book or a special-edition work to our club members This month it is Art of the Cr egrave che Nativities From Around the World by James L Govan For more details on this book see my piece called Deck the Shel

Columns
Maryann Cusimano LoveDecember 17, 2007

Did you know that when I hug you, Mama, its not just me whos hugging you? God is hugging you too. In a sentence, our four-year-old theologian summed up the mystery of the Incarnation. The context for her declaration was not a Hallmark moment, nor were the circumstances like those of the birth of Chr