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Struggling To Grasp The Pope’s Vision In Its Entirety
Pope Benedict XVI: An Introduction to His Theological Vision BY THOMAS P RAUSCH PAULIST PRESS, £16.99 A t the end of this demanding investigation of the theological teaching of......
This Is One Of The Silliest Books Ever Written
Atheism in Christianity BY ERNST BLOCH VERSO, £14.99 A nyone who has spent a semester or two in a humanities department of a leafy, eminent American university will know all......
The Nutcracker
ROH; BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME Peter Wright’s production of The Nutcracker , premiered in 1984, is a perennial Christmas treat, complete with a party, fairies and a magical growing......
Cinema
Twilight Saga: New Moon 12A CERT, 130 MINS Based on Stephanie Meyers’s vampire novels, this film is the second instalment of a series which will run and run, at least if teenage......
Theatre
Roman Tragedies BARBICAN THEATRE Toneelgroep Amsterdam, one of Holland’s leading theatrical companies, presents edited versions of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus , Julius Caesar and......
Television
Flight of Faith SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22, ITV1, 11.15PM The story of Christ’s life has been told a hundred thousand times and from every different angle, but perhaps not from a......
Cd
Andrea Bocelli: My Christmas DECCA, £8.95 Andrea Bocelli is a remarkable man: who else could bring together the talents of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Muppets on a......
Dvd
Arise Once More: Reviving Catholic Britain ST ANTHONY COMMUNICATIONS, £9.95 Fr Marcus Holden, Fr Andrew Pinsent, Fr Nicholas Schofield, Fr Thomas Crean and James and Joanna......
Books In Brief
Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-45 by Saul Friedlander (Phoenix, £10.99) This is actually an abridged version of two books by Friedlander, one of them the Pulitzer prize-winning......