Category: History

The Half Has Never Been Told

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BOOK REVIEWThe Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalismby Edward Baptist 2014 About the AuthorEdward E. Baptist is a professor of history at Cornell University. Author of the award-winning Creating an Old South, he lives in Ithaca, New York. About the BookA groundbreaking history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was … Continue reading The Half Has Never Been Told

David and Solomon

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BOOK REVIEW David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Traditionby Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman 2007 About the AuthorsIsrael Finkelstein is a professor of archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He is a leading figure in the archaeology of the Levant and the laureate of the … Continue reading David and Solomon

When McKinsey Comes to Town

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BOOK REVIEWWhen McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firmby Walt Bogdanich & Michael Forsythe 2022 About the AuthorsWALT BOGDANICH is an investigative reporter for The New York Times. He has been awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for his investigative journalism. He previously produced stories for “60 Minutes,” ABC News … Continue reading When McKinsey Comes to Town

Writing the History of Early Christianity

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BOOK REVIEW Writing the History of Early Christianity: From Reception to Retrospectionby Markus Vinzent 2019 About the AuthorMarkus Vinzent holds the Chair for the History of Theology at King's College London. A Fellow of the European Academy of Science in Vienna and Max Weber Institute for Advanced Studies at Erfurt University, he is the author … Continue reading Writing the History of Early Christianity

Pagans

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BOOK REVIEW Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianityby James J. O'Donnell 2016 About the AuthorJames J. O'donnell is a classicist who served for ten years as Provost of Georgetown University and is now University Librarian at Arizona State University. He is the author of several books including Augustine, The Ruin … Continue reading Pagans

Eusebius and Empire

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BOOK REVIEW Eusebius and Empire: Constructing Church and Rome in the Ecclesiastical Historyby James Corke-Webster 2019 About the AuthorJames Corke-Webster is Lecturer in Roman History at King's College London. His work focuses on early Christian and late antique history and literature. As well as a series of articles on Eusebius, he has published on early … Continue reading Eusebius and Empire

Christians in Caesar’s Household

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BOOK REVIEW Christians in Caesar’s Household: The Emperors’ Slaves in the Makings of Christianity (Inventing Christianity Book 1)by Michael Flexsenhar III 2019 About the AuthorMichael Flexsenhar III is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College. About the BookIn this volume, Michael Flexsenhar III advances the argument that imperial slaves and freed-persons in the … Continue reading Christians in Caesar’s Household