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Originally Posted by guyanonymous
10. Harry Kemelman's Rabbi Small mystery series - helped break through my generic-media-based-lowest-common-denominator-perspective of religions - plus great fun mystery stories that don't revolve around blood and gore.
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The "Rabbi" books are great fun, and interesting portraits of the Jewish community Rabbi Small serves.
Another series with a similar bent are Charles Merril Smith's "Reverend Randolph" books. C. P. Randolph is a former NFL quarterback who heard the call, quit football at the height of his career, and became an Episcopalian priest. He finds himself selected to take over a prosperous Chicago congregation, and must balance his priestly duties and his relationship with his TV anchorwoman girlfriend, while solving the odd murder that drops into his path.
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Dennis