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This digital document is an article from The Christian Century, published by The Christian Century Foundation on April 4, 2001. The length of the article is 592 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Survival handbook.(church ceremony anecdotes, advice)(Brief Article)(Column)
Author: Martin E. Marty
Publication: The Christian Century (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 4, 2001
Publisher: The Christian Century Foundation
Volume: 118 Issue: 11 Page: 31Article Type: Brief Article, ColumnDistributed by Thompson Gale
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THE SECOND best-selling book on campuses these days is Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht's straight-faced but not unhumorous The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook (Chronicle). The back cover alerts readers, "Caution: Book will explode if scanned." It is "the indispensable, indestructible guide for surviving life's sudden turns for the worse. Survival experts provide illustrated, step-by-step instructions on what you need to know FAST." Such as how to deliver a baby in a taxicab; how to escape from killer bees; how to survive if your parachute fails to open; how to jump from a moving car; and how to survive a poisonous snake attack. Ever since Christmas, when our former pastor and his spouse gave us a copy, I...
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