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The Best American Spiritual Writing, 2004. Ed. by Philip Zaleski. Oct. 2004. 304p. Houghton, $27.50 (0-618-44302-9); paper, $14 (0-618-44303-7). 810.8.
As far as editor Zaleski is concerned, spiritual writing must first be good writing, "aiming always for lucidity of thought and beauty of expression," and then it must show the writer concerned with becoming "more, better, truer, clearer, more open." Those criteria are consistently met by the selections in the fourth edition of this treasurable series. The range of immediate subjects under consideration is gratifyingly broad. David Gelernter's bracing "Judaism beyond Words" argues Jewish distinctives ...