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An Irreverent Curiosity

by: David Farley (author)

Format: paperback

ISBN: 9781592405

Publish date: July 2010

Publisher: Gotham Books

Pages no: 291

Edition language: English

Category:

Non Fiction, Travel, Humor, History, Cultural, Italy, Culture, Religion, Christianity, Cultural Studies

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An enjoyable romp in the world of religious relics and strange religious scandals. I now know way more than I want about foreskins and circumcision. Yet what really makes this book stand out isn't the tale of Jesus' foreskin but Farley's exploration of the town of Calcata, a bizarre mix of hippies a...

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Inside a Dog rated it

15 years ago

http://JKS.booklikes.com Inside a Dog 5.0 An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church's Strangest Relic in Italy's OddestTown

text An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church's Strangest Relic in Italy's OddestTown

I think someone said it on the back of the book in a blurb, but it really is true: if you're going to only read one single book about the foreskin of Jesus Christ, then you really want to read this one.Yes.You read that right.Join me, will you, in this particularly weird history of the Catholic Chur...

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