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Clement \/ Thomas Merton -- When the time was fulfilled \/ Eberhard Arnold -- Only a rumor \/ Soren Kierkegaard -- The wise men \/ Ernesto Cardenal -- The journey of the Magi \/ T.S. Eliot -- The showing forth of Christ \/ John Donne -- Love alone \/ Gian Carlo Menotti -- The disarming child \/ Jurgen Moltmann.\n\nPublished in: Farmington, PA\n\nPhysical description: xvii, 330p., 20 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Watch for the light : readings for Advent and Christmas.","author":"Plough Publishing House","isbn":"087486917","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Plough Pub. 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