This handbook explores contemporary Mormonism within a global context. The authors provide a nuanced picture of a historically American religion in the throes of the same kinds of global change that virtually every conservative faith tradition faces today.

BOOK REVIEWThe Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Goingby Ryan P. Burge 2021 About the AuthorRyan P. Burge is an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. Author of numerous journal articles, he is the cofounder of and a frequent contributor to Religion in Public, a forum … Continue reading The Nones

BOOK REVIEWBiblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Centuryby Dale B. Martin 2017 About the AuthorDale B. Martin is Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His numerous books include New Testament History and Literature. About the BookA leading biblical scholar’s … Continue reading Biblical Truths

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 REVIEWSecret Origins of the Bibleby Tim Callahan 2002 About the AuthorTim Callahan has written numerous articles on religion and mythic themes in popular belief, as well as book reviews, for Skeptic Magazine. He has also had articles published in the Humanist. For many years he has studied the myths of the Mesopotmians, Egyptians, Canaanites … Continue reading Secret Origins of the Bible

BOOK REVIEWMark - Canonizer of Paul: A New Look at Intertextuality in Mark’s Gospelby Tom Dykstra 2012 “For over 150 years the idea that Mark used the Pauline epistles has been recurring in New Testament research. Now in the work of Tom Dykstra, wide-ranging work and thoughtful, the truth of that idea emerges with a … Continue reading Mark – Canonizer of Paul

BOOK REVIEWThe End of Biblical Studiesby Hector Avalos 2007 About the AuthorHector Avalos (Ames, IA) is associate professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University, the author of four books on biblical studies and religion, the former editor of the Journal for the Critical Study of Religion, and executive director of the Committee for the … Continue reading The End of Biblical Studies