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Religion in the media: A look at recent books and music.
BOOKS
``The Impossible Will Take a Little While,'' edited by Paul Rogat Loeb; Basic Books (422 pages, $15.95).
Think of this as a devotional for those who subscribe to the theology of liberation and social justice. Subtitled, ``A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear,'' it's a collection of inspirational writings by political leaders and activists including Marian Wright Edelman, Vaclav Havel and Desmond Tutu.
Some of the most unlikely pieces touch the reader in surprising ways. Diane Ackerman writes about working at a suicide hotline _ the agony of not knowing how to handle troubled callers, the joy of learning she had turned one person's life around. Nelson Mandela's observations about life in prison ("The challenge for every prisoner ... is how to emerge from prison undiminished, how to conserve and even replenish one's beliefs") will resonate with anyone struggling with despair and doubt.
A few short poems are included, providing some of the book's most moving moments. There's "The New York Poem," by Sam Hamill: "... a mute sadness settles in,/ like dust, for the long, long haul. But if/I do not get up and sing/ if I do not get up and dance again,/ the ...
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