BOOK REVIEWWhat You Don't Know About Religion (but Should)by Ryan T. Cragun 2013 About the AuthorRyan T. Cragun (1976-) is a husband, father, and sociologist of religion (in order of importance). Originally from Utah, he now lives in Florida and works at the University of Tampa. His research and writing focuses on religion, with an … Continue reading What You Don’t Know About Religion (but Should)

BOOK REVIEWThe Evolution of Godby Robert Wright 2009 About the AuthorRobert Wright is a contributing editor of The New Republic, a Slate.com columnist, and a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the cofounder of http://www.bloggingheads.tv, runs the web-based video project http://www.meaningoflife.tv, and lives in Princeton, NJ, with his wife and two daughters. … Continue reading The Evolution of God

BOOK REVIEWHeaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlifeby Bart D. Ehrman 2020 About the AuthorBart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity and a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author of six New York Times … Continue reading Heaven and Hell

BOOK REVIEWFrom Yahweh to Zion: Jealous God, Chosen People, Promised Land…Clash of Civilizationsby Laurent Guyénot 2018 About the AuthorLaurent Guyénot was born in France in 1960. After graduating as an engineer from the École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées in Paris, and working in the armaments industry in the United States for two years, he … Continue reading From Yahweh to Zion

BOOK REVIEWThe Children of Abraham - Judaism, Christianity, Islamby Francis E. Peters 2018 About the AuthorsFrancis Edward Peters is Professor Emeritus of History, Religion and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. A native of NYC, where he attended Regis H.S. he was trained at St. Louis University in Classical Languages (AB, MA) … Continue reading The Children of Abraham

BOOK REVIEWReflections on Judaism and Christianity in Antiquityby Dan Jaffé, Rivka Nir & Yaakov Teppler 2021 About the AuthorsDan Jaffé is Senior Lecturer of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University and chief editor of the series Judaïsme ancien et christianisme primitif published by Cerf Edition in Paris. He has published many studies on Rabbinic Judaism, Early … Continue reading Reflections on Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity

BOOK REVIEWChristianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the ChurchMichael J. Kruger 2018 About the AuthorMichael J. Kruger (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is President and the Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC, and the author of a number of books and articles on … Continue reading Christianity at the Crossroads