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[[Category:Spirituality and Religion|*]]__NOTOC__ <!--Remove INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Cees Nooteboom and Laura Watkinson (Translator)Frederic Seager|title= Letters to PoseidonJesus, the Man and the Myth: A Jewish Reading of the New Testament|rating= 4.5|genre= TravelSpirituality and Religion|summary= A serviette, I was brought up in a glass of champagne taken outside a fish restaurant in the open-air Viktualienmarkt in Munich, all taken to celebrate the first day of spring, prompt Cees Nooteboom into Proustian reveriefamily where religion played little or no part. Upon Culturally Irish Catholic on one side and Welsh Methodist on the paper napkin is written in blue capitals the word POSEIDONother, nobody really discussed religion and the Greek god who has preoccupied Nooteboom's thoughts for several summers. The blue colour reminds him of the sea viewed adults around me ranged from Mediterranean garden of his villa in Menorca. Taking this prompting as a moment of benign synchronicity, he later begins a correspondence with this sea-deity. He seeks lapsed to inquire how this somewhat unreliable ancient Greek Olympian sees aeons of time and sends him letters and legenda; meditations and stories agnostic to be read, both poetic and tragic, from atheist. Other than the arts and odd church wedding or baptism or the contemporary world. He is not expecting a replyschool nativity play, I didn't think too much about faith or what people did or didn't believe.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1782066209</amazonuk>B092BWWG9Y

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Alison PickPeter Owen Jones|title=Between GodsConversations with Nature|rating=45|genre=AutobiographySpirituality and Religion|summary= Alison PickOne of the comments made when I was offered this beautiful book for review was that it's paternal grandparents escaped Czechoslovakia just before not very long. Having read the Holocaust by bribing book twice over, I'm brought back inescapably to the Nazis for visas Spanish proverb that Life may be short, but it is broad. In this case I'm brought to Canada; the rest idea that the length of life is not the family died in Auschwitzpoint; the point is its depth. They spent their whole lives trying to pass as Christians, and Pick's father, too, was reluctant to have anything to do with Judaism. Pick only learned he was Jewish through a conversation overheard when she was 11 Peter Owen Jones dives deep.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1472225090</amazonuk>1912992418

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Christopher DellRichard Brook|title=MythologyUnderstanding Human Nature: An Illustrated Journey Into Our Imagined WorldsA User's Guide to Life

|genre=Spirituality and ReligionLifestyle|summary=What does I am a rainbow mean to you? firm believer that sometimes we choose books, and sometimes books choose us. How would you explain the creation In my case, this is one of the world latter. Not so very long ago, if you I had no science as suchcome across this book I'd have skimmed it, or the changing found some of the seasons? What other kinds of natures – chaotic trickeryit interesting, evil personae or even the characteristics of goats – people your world? And why is but it that the answers man and woman have collectively formed to such questions would not have been so similar across the oceans and across the centuries? This highly pictorial volume looks at 'hit home' in the mythologies way that formed those answers, and locks on it does now. I believe it came to me not just because I was likely to give it a multitude of subjects – bloodfavourable review [ ''full disclosure The Bookbag's u.s.p. is that people chose their own books rather than getting them randomly, musicso there is a predisposition towards expecting to like the book, godly activity even if it doesn't always turn out that way'' ] – but also because it is a book I needed to show us what has followedread, right now.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0500291519</amazonuk>1800461682

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Femi BolajiHill_Atlas|title=God Tells the Sun to Shine: An Amazing Story The Atlas of Love Monsters|author=Stuart Hill and ForgivenessSandra Lawrence

|genre=Spirituality and ReligionChildren's Non-Fiction|summary=Jacob was There are monsters and mysterious characters, such as trolls, leprechauns, goblins and minotaurs. They're the second born stuff of twin boys and resented the privileges that would come far too many stories to Esau who wasremain mysterious, after and every schoolchild should know all only a few minutes older than himabout them. There are monsters and mysterious characters, but would get twice the inheritance from their fathersuch as Gog and Magog, IsaacScylla and Charybdis, than that which would come to Jacoband the bunyip. Even They are what you find if you take an interest in his teens Jacob plotted this kind of thing to usurp Esau’s positionthe next level; even if you cannot place them all on a map you should have come across them. What would happen if Esau died? But Esau was fit there are monsters and a born hunter. Jacob thought about killing himmysterious characters, such as the dobhar-chu, the llambigyn y dwr, but and the stories girtablili. To gain any knowledge of what had happened to Cain and Abel came to mind and he was determined them you really need a book that he would knows its stuff. A book like this one…}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1999731506|title=Spiritual Atheist|author=Nick Seneca Jankel|rating=2|genre=Lifestyle|summary=''Spiritual Atheist'' is a new 'bible' for the spiritual not make the mistakes which Cain had madereligious, so he developed an alternative plan and took advantage of Esau’s well-known greed: he was always desperate for something according to eatthe tagline. Esau This is a taboo smashing book which solves the man problem of modernity and explains how to be a 'spiritual technologist' who sold his birthright for can live and love freely in 'spiritual fullness' without relying on a belief in god. Touching on everything from 'brain science' to AI, Jankel offers a bowl of lentil stew'path to meaning', allowing us to move beyond consumerism towards an ethical life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1482802120</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rowan Williams1789015200|title=The Edge of Words: God and the Habits of LanguageBe Your Higher Self|author=Samesh Ramjattan

|summary=ThisThere are a lot of self-help books about: it's one of the most thriving sections of the average bookshop, Rowan Williamsbut it' first s not always easy to find the book since standing down as Archbishop of Canterbury, is based on a series of lectures that he delivered as Gifford Lectures in Edinburgh in 2013you need. Gifford Lectures are famous for their examination of developments Samesh Ramjattan has addressed this problem in natural theology; ''Be Your Higher Self'', a branch book which allows us all to make sense of theology that argues our place in the existence world, as most of God based on reason us only glimpse our true potential and naturefew people ever achieve it. In these lectures Rowan sort to examine how we as human beings develop use Even with hard work and process languagededication, particularly when obstacles present themselves and it comes 's difficult to the use of language around faith and our perception and understanding of Godunderstand why or how they can be overcome.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472910435</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Like Ramjattan offers us a Tramp, Like A Pilgrim: On Foot, Across Europe guide to Rome|author=Harry Bucknall|rating=4|genre=Travel|summary=What links London and Rome? Their capital city status for one, of course. One has a St Paul's cathedralthe spirit world, the other a St Peter's (although pedants will say not). They both have a football team who wear red and white. Ohchakras, karma and reincarnation as well as information about the ancient pilgrim route called age of Aquarius and the Via Francigena – although the pedant will again say that that strictly starts at that other pilgrimage site, Canterburyego. As for Harry Bucknall, the Via starts at St PaulIt's and should end at St Peter's. Whether or not Harry himself will connect a slim book - just 128 pages - so can it provide us with the two cities – and entirely on foot – is the subject of this travel book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408187248</amazonuk>answers we seek?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Mahnke_Lore|title=An Atheist's History The World of BeliefLore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures|author=Matthew KnealeAaron Mahnke

|genre=Politics Spirituality and SocietyReligion|summary=I’ve been an atheist since I was old enough to take Every country, every town, every village has a folktale – a view story passed down through generations that often focuses on the subjectdark and unexplained. (Many atheists would argue that we’re all atheists at birthNo matter how the modern world moves on, but that’s not there's a still a subject for part of everyone that is vulnerable to a book review)good tale. I did have From ghosts to take Religious Studies at school but have entirely forgotten almost everything I learned!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099584425</amazonuk>werewolves, by way of wendigos and elves, author Aaron Mahnke delivers the reader legends from all over the world, whilst examining how they've become part of our collective imaginations, still striking fear into the hearts of many of us today.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Reverend Adam SmallboneSaxena_Jaya|title=The Rev DiariesBasic Witches|rating=4.5|genreauthor=Humour|summary=Adam Smallbone wasn’t always a vicar. He used to work for the Bristol Housing Department, enabling his father-in-law to tell everyone he worked 'in property'. From there, his initial calling was to a rural church in Suffolk which did nothing to prepare him for this, his current London inner city parish. Indeed, he's not prepared for Adoha (the Nigerian parishioner with 19 grandchildren J Saxena and 'the bottom of God') or Colin, the homeless alcoholic who has adopted Adam and his wife Alex (Mrs Vicarage to Colin). But then Alex also has a lot to get used to; after all, she didn't actually marry a vicar.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0718178394</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie: Being Muslim in America|author=Ranya Tabari IdlibyJ Zimmerman|rating=4.5

|summary=Before I can’t imagine it’s that easy started this book I was expecting to be a Muslim in most areas thrown into the world of magic and would know how to levitate by the end of the USAfirst chapter. Even if you don’t ‘look like’ Unsurprisingly, I was wrong. However, what I was met by was a Muslimbook that explores the origins of witchcraft, even if teaches you don’t drop how to your knees in the direction of Mecca 5 times dress and act like a day, even if you give your kids arguably Jewish names. And being openly Muslim cannot have got any easier in the wake of 9/11. This book examines one Muslim-American family’s life witch and the constant challenges they face contains spells ranging from friends, neighbours and teachersaccepting compliments to conjuring up a relaxing Netflix binge.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230341845</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Wright_Universe|title=The Atheist's PrayerUniverse and Life but Not Everything|author=Amy R BiddleAnthony Christian Wright

|summary=This book appealed to me for a couple of reasons; I have recently completed often wonder - usually after a workshop on mindfulness and have been attempting to put some moment of shaking my fist at the ideas into practice throughout news on TV - what my daily manifesto for life, and society would look like were I love nature and spending time outdoors cyclingto write it down. ThereforeI have all sorts of thoughts about these things, this seemed from the perfect choice metaphysics of who we are and where we come from, right down to learn more about combining the two and exploring fresh perspectives in my everyday lifedetailed critiques of quite insignificant government policies. I began reading this hardcover with high expectations've never done such an exercise - mostly because I lack the time, particularly as the book was beautifully laid out with unique artwork patience and philosophical quotes includedthe diligence required. However, although there were some insightful ideas and inspiring thoughts presented amongst the five chapters, overall I was a little disappointed in what the book had to offerIt seems like an enormous task.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782401024</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleisbn=Rogerson's Book of Numbers: The culture of numbers from 1001 Nights to the Seven Wonders of the World|author=Barnaby Rogerson|rating=4|genre=Spirituality and Religion|summary=One book, split into two testaments, regarding a holy trinity, the principal part known from four writers, in a world abutting another where five pillars are important, up against a world where a six-pointed star holds so many meanings… It's obvious from just a quick dash through the most schoolboy-friendly parts of religion that numbers are important. This book, although counting down from multitudes to that late-comer zero, brings them all to us, with brief notes about why they all hold relevance where whichever country, civilisation or religion is concerned. In the end, I'm sure it's a lot more user-friendly, interesting, and will be a lot more popular, than the original Book of Numbers.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781250995</amazonuk>}} {{newreview1850788332|title=Inventing the EnemyRosie: Essays on EverythingNote to Self |author=Umberto Eco|rating=4|genre=History|summary=Imagine a sumptuous Italian feast in the sunlit-bathed ancient countryside near Milan. Next to you a gentleman talks and eats with furious energy. He tells of Dante, Cicero, and St Augustine and quotes a multitude of obscure troubadours from the Middle Ages. He repeats himself, gestures flamboyantly, nudges you sharply in the ribs, belches and even breaks wind. His conversation contains nuggets of information but in the flow of his discourse there is a fondness for iteration and reiteration. He throws bones over his shoulder and when he reaches the cheese course - definitely too much information on the mouldy bacteria! When you finally get up things the elderly gentleman has said prompt your imagination. You are better informed, intrigued and prodded to examine his discourse again Claire Connor and again, even if only to challenge what you have heard. Such are the effects of reading Eco’s essays in ''Inventing the Enemy''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099553945</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Sisters of the East End|author=Helen BattenG P Taylor

|summary=When we In the first meet Pandora Armstrong in the spring of 2003 she's grieving for her husbanda five book deal Claire Connor, Mikewriting in partnership with GP Taylor, who had died just brings us a few weeks beforemodern romance based loosely on the story of Ruth from the Bible. It hadn't been his This is total chick-lit, and from the first heart attack and he had reduced his workload but this attack few pages I thought it was fataljust going to be a very light, funny romance story. He was only in his fifties However, the story quickly takes a depressing turn and Pandora feels that he'd been snatched away from her the rest of the book is as they'd only been married for a few years. When a friend suggests that she goes with her to much an Evening exploration of Clairvoyance she runs out of excuses to refuse and although she's not exactly ''convinced'' by what she hears there's a lingering doubt. A spirit voice mentioned her children and Pandora was adamant that she didn't have any children - grief as it's actually quite is a sore point - but that wasn't true of Mikeromance novel.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780997450</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Wm Paul YoungSantiago_Returning|title=Cross RoadsReturning Home|author=Stephan Santiago|rating=43.5

|summary=Wm. Paul Young[[:Category:Stephan Santiago|Stephan Santiago]] has experienced life in a way that's debut novel led him to believe we''The Shack'' was re all on a revelation in many wayssoul journey back home – that place we inhabited before we were born. Whilst many disagreed with his theology, it was refreshing to see such an overtly faith based This book on the bestseller lists. Personally, I found it is a very moving story and whilst I thought it helpful on some points, it tended guide as to skim over others. Now how we get to see if Young can repeat his success with his new noveloptimise this journey for ourselves, ''Cross Roads''those around us and our children.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444745972</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Danaan ElderhillWilbourne_Shepherd|title=The Magic Book Shepherd of CookeryAnother Flock|author=David Wilbourne|rating=3.5

|summary=Back in the seventeenth century in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia there was [[:Category:David Wilbourne|David Wilbourne's]] CV looks like a coven career path for people who are hard-of witches-humoured. As was common at that time witches were hunted and they had to hide their beliefs. The Friends Banker, teacher of EuphrosyneAncient Greek, as they called themselvesvicar, turned to this deity (shebishop…none of these are jobs normally connected in our minds with a jovial twinkle. Yet in David's one of the three graces and there to remind us to have fun) in their time of need and developed rituals which could case, we'd be assimilated into social gatherings, allowing them totally wrong to hide in plain sightassume. Their book - The Magic Book current Bishop of Cookery - vanished along with Llandaff takes us by the coven when they were discovered but Danaan Elderhill wants hand to show us to benefit episodes from its ancient wisdom his life as vicar of the character- and its funpacked Yorkshire parish of Helmsley proving that tears of sorrow are equally shared with tears of laughter.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B0092BX6O0</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Charity Seraphina FieldsPigliucci_How|title=I am not How to be a BuddhistStoic|author=Massimo Pigliucci

|summary=''I am Stoicism is about developing the tools to deal as effectively as humanly possible with the ensuing conflicts, does not a Buddhistdemand perfection, and does not provide specific answers.'' is For many readers, living in an individual through Buddhism age of rules to make us happy and its principles seen from the point of view of one on the path. Charity Seraphina Fields attempts - through her own musings on inevitable failure to stick to them, this ancient Eastern philosophy - to explain why Buddhism is better suited to the rich West than the poorer Eastan intensely reassuring sentence. For FieldsPigliucci certainly makes Stoicism an appealing philosophy, the question isnone which can sit alongside religious faith but doesn't have to, one which doesn't demand Aristotelian heights of intelligence, beauty or riches in order to truly succeed in life, and one which recognises life'Why am I suffering without all those things I want?''s messy difficulties. The right question is actually ''Why am I still suffering even though I have everything I want?''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1475085664</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Eamon DuffyPearce_Biblical|title=Saints, Sacrilege and Sedition|rating=4|genre=History|summary=In the introduction to this book Eamon Duffy, Professor of the History of Christianity at Cambridge History, points out that all too often historians have written about the English Reformation from strongly polarised views. Taking two extreme examples, he cites one which states that the people of England, formerly happy medieval Catholics, were forced by King Henry to abandon their religion, and England was never merry againA Biblical Theology Behind Music, alongside another which speaks of the English being oppressed by corrupt churchmen until King Henry gave them the Protestant nation for which they longed. On the following pagePraise, he suggests that it had long been an axiom of historical writing that the success of the Reformation in England was an inevitable consequence of the dysfunction and unpopularity of late medieval Catholicism. Such remarks were evidently made by writers with an axe to grind. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1441181172</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewWorship|author=Timothy Radcliffe|title=Take the PlungeDr Mark Pearce

|summary=There appears Music used in religions and worship itself goes back to be more Christian literature around than ever before at the momentbeginning of humankind. I don't know whether In this is a response to Richard Dawkins' ''The God Delusion'', which has meant that Christian writers and publishers have increased their outputs, or because I'm noticing it more. Timothy Radcliffe's ''Take the Plunge'' is taking a more or less opposite view to that of Dawkins, exploring the importance of baptism in everyday life and arguing that there is no aspect of life that cannot be touched if you are baptised and therefore living with faith.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1441118489</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Youssef Ziedan book musician and Jonathan Wright (translator)|title=Azazeeltheological academic [[:Category:Dr Mark Pearce|rating=5|genre=Historical Fiction|summary=An archaeologist Dr Mark Pearce]] explores its Biblical history in a time Christian context as well as providing tips and place close to that of modern troubled Syria discovers thirty scrolls. These are the writings of a Coptic Christian monk born into Roman dominated Egypt suggestions for those involved in worship in AD391. A door thus opens into an ancient world and the emerging vista stretches from the present into the distant past, as if eliciting an omnipresent dimension to realityday. The fluent evocative prose flows like a meandering river or a ribbon connecting continuously the present moment with the ancient world. A panorama emerges dominated by Rome and Constantinople and extends to Alexandria, Jerusalem and Antioch.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848874278</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Roger ScrutonIles_Thoughts|title=The Face Thoughts and Inner Journey of God: The Gifford LecturesDr. John Dee|author=Clair Iles

|summary=Atheist culture has recently become more mainstream[[:Category:Clair Iles|Clair Iles]] is, thanks in part to the success of Richard Dawkins' bookher own words, ''The God Delusion''a normal person who was educated at a normal comprehensive school. However, religion does still have she's a part to playnormal person who hears dead people. Yes, Clair is a spiritualist with Prince Charles urging the United Kingdom ability to be more tolerant towards faiths other than the Church of England he was raised as part of and even the Prime Minister talking about faith issueshear from those who have passed on. Since 1888, In the Gifford Lectures have past they had generally been given to 'promote and diffuse.relatives or everyday folk. Imagine, then, her surprise when she felt she was hearing from Elizabethan court polymath John Dee. Over a period of time she could feel his dictated thoughts and ideas in her mind and this book of the channelled words is the knowledge of God'result.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847065244</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Karen FrenchWoodcock_Becoming|title=The Hidden Geometry of LifeBecoming Reverend: A diary|author=Matt Woodcock|rating=24.5

|summary=''[[:Category:Matt Woodcock|Matt Woodcock]] is enjoying life: successful journalist, happily married and a new dream home bought and heavily mortgaged. The Hidden Geometry of Life'' aims only cloud on the horizon is their struggle to explore have children but they have faith in the esoteric and often mystical meanings contained in IVF treatment as it''shapes and patterns [that] represent ideas and distil s early days yet. Then comes the funny turn Matt has on the essence of reality''way to a story one day. This mystical angle was takes him by surprise but the resulting clergy collar comes as a little bit of a unpleasant surprise for this readertotal shock. I should have had He's a normal bloke who always thought of himself as more pint than piety believing in a better look at Karen FrenchGod who's Amazon pages and previous work, but I was attracted by an exciting-sounding title, attractive cover and and references happy for him to author's artremain in the pews.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780281080</amazonuk> Errrrm… whoops!

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Grace McCleenChaplin_Stone|title=The Land of DecorationStone Cradle|author=Patrice Chaplin

|genre=Literary FictionSpirituality and Religion|summary=Grace McCleen's debut novel, ''The Land of DecorationStone Cradle'' paints is a remarkable book from the author Patrice Chaplin. It is a biography, the third in a series set in the Catalonian city of Girona. It is also an original, unsettlingenduring love story and a journey into mystery and spirituality. The city has drawn artists, sometimes dark writers and generally rather wonderful picturephilosophers for centuries. Narrated by ten year old JudithRich in Kabbalistic thought through Azriel, raised by her father who is a fundamental religious follower of the end most famous student of Isaac the world is nigh varietyBlind, it looks at bullying, both at school has always been a home for mysticism and secrets. The magnetism and resonance of the city has had a hold on Patrice Chaplin since she first visited it in more general the fifties. The series of books detail her journey and her encounters with the esoteric societythat have protected its mysteries since ancient times. 'The Stone Cradle' also gives a new life and direction to the mysteries of Rennes le Chateau, the small French village, faith made famous by the Da Vinci Code and the possible rejection thereof Holy Blood and The Holy Grail. Linking the two places through sacred geometry to the strength mountain of childhood imaginationCanigou.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>070118681X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Roman KrznaricVonnegut_Sun|title=The Wonderbox: Curious Histories of How to Live|rating=5|genre=History|summary='How should we live?' asks author Roman Krznaric. To answer this ancient question, he looks to history. 'I believe that the future of the art of living can be found by gazing into the past', he says. Creating a book which is as full of curiosities as a Renaissance 'Wunderkammer', he has a stab at the big questions: love, belief, money, family, death. The result is a pot-pourri of delights which left this particular reader stimulated and invigorated.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846683939</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewSun Moon Star|author=David Malouf|title=The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World|rating=4|genre=Popular Science|summary=There's something quite uplifting about the physical brevity of David Malouf's 'The Happy Life' which is subtitled 'The Search for Contentment in the Modern World'. It suggests that it is easy to find, when of course, the whole point of the book is that despite, or perhaps because of, scientific Kurt Vonnegut and technological advances that have taken away many of the causes of true unhappiness in the world, it remains elusive for most. Who can say that they are truly happy? The book runs to less than 100 pages if you take out the Notes section, and the typeface is large. It is, by any reckoning a slim offering.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701187115</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Christina Goodings and Annabel Hudson|title=My Look and Point Bible|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=This version of the bible for toddlers has been cleverly retold to engage little ones, with lots of illustrations, pictures to point at and words to learn. It includes stories from both the old and new testaments, from the creation and Noah through to the birth of Jesus as well as some of his parables and the crucifixion.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745962068</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Alexandre Christoyannopoulos|title=Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the GospelIvan Chermayeff

|summary=Whilst I've In his own delightfully imaginative way, Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of the birth of Christ in this unique and long been a Christian, Iout of print children've never considered myself an anarchists book. My thinking is that anarchy is something youTold from the perspective of the new born infant in his first hours of birth, this charming little story feels different to other children're more likely s Christmas books whilst at the same time goes back to see on the news than on 'Songs of Praise'. However, there is a school basics in exploring the true nature of thought that suggests that Jesus' teachings were so counter-cultural and so against Roman law that it constitutes anarchismChristmas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1845402472</amazonuk>

{{newreview|author=Karen Armstrong|title=In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis|rating=4|genre=Spirituality and Religion|summary=Armstrong's background (there's a page right at the beginning) is certainly diverse and interesting so I was looking forward Move to reading what she had to say. And thankfully, I didn't have to rummage around looking for my own copy of the bible (I've now located it) as Armstrong obligingly provides Genesis (in beautiful, old-fashioned typeface) here. So roughly two thirds is given over to her investigative prose and the remaining third is the actual book of Genesis, for handy reference.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099555476</amazonuk>}}[[Newest Sport Reviews]]