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They teemed with wonders: individuals blessed with attributes that would have made them, in this, the Fifth Dominion, fit for sainthood or burning, or both; cults possessed of secrets that would overturn in a moment the dogmas of faith and physics alike; beauty that might blind the sun or set the moon dreaming of fertility.
That term “kingdom,” by the way, emphasizes not so much territorial space, regional place, or ethnic identity as a mode of economic distribution, a type of human organization, and a style of world order, social justice, and global peace. That tectonic clash of kingdoms is the context of our Christmas texts.
The First Christmas
Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan
Traumatized children tend to recognize the profound vulnerability in all people, especially themselves.
Bad Girls
M. William Phelps
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