The Best American Spiritual Writing 2006Philip Zaleski, an acclaimed writer and the editor of the series, has once again assembled an outstanding collection of thirty five pieces that range far and wide in subject matter and style. In The Cellular Church, Malcolm Gladwell takes a look at the pastor Rick Warren, and Mary Gordons Moral Fiction explores the place of value judgments in literature. Michael Chabon describes his childhood fascination with the darkness and silliness that pervade

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we see Roosevelt devising a global strategy that will defeat Hitler and the Japanese

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two young women who are complete opposites yet find themselves irresistibly drawn to each other

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