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“If there is a religious agency in our lives, it has to appear in the manner of our times. Not from on high, but a revelation that hides itself in our culture, it will be ground-level, on the street, it'll be coming down the avenue in the traffic, hard to tell apart from anything else.”

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City of God

This historical novel delves into the life of a young man in the bustling city of Rome, amidst the rise and fall of empires. The story is rich with political intrigue, moral dilemmas, and the struggle for survival in a time of great change. more

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E.L. Doctorow

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