Nonverts

BOOK REVIEWNonverts: The Making of Ex-Christian Americaby Stephen Bullivant 2022 About the AuthorStephen Bullivant holds professorial positions at St Mary's University, London, and the University of Notre Dame, Sydney. He has doctorates in theology (Oxford, 2009) and sociology (Warwick, 2019). His studies of contemporary nonreligiosity have received wide international coverage, including from the BBC, New … Continue reading Nonverts

Capitalism, Coronavirus and War

BOOK REVIEWCapitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy by Radhika Desai 2023 About the AuthorRadhika Desai is Professor in the Department of Political Studies and Director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group at the University of Manitoba, Canada, and Convenor of the International Manifesto Group. About the BookCapitalism, Coronavirus and War investigates the decay of … Continue reading Capitalism, Coronavirus and War

Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic

BOOK REVIEWGodless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Lifeby Isaac Kramnick & R. Laurence Moore 2018 About the AuthorsIsaac Kramnick is the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government at Cornell University. His many books include Bolingbroke and His Circle, The Rage of Edmund Burke, Republicanism and Bourgeois Radicalism, Harold Laski: A Life … Continue reading Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic

The Original New Testament

BOOK REVIEWThe Original New Testament: A Radical Reinterpretation and New Translation by Hugh J. Schonfield 2016 About the AuthorHugh Joseph Schonfield (1901 – 1988) was a British Bible scholar specialising in the New Testament and the early development of the Christian religion and church. He was born in London, and educated there at St Paul's … Continue reading The Original New Testament

The Moscow Rules

BOOK REVIEWThe Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold WarBy Antonio Mendez & Jonna Mendez 2019 About the AuthorsAntonio Mendez and his future wife Jonna were CIA operatives working to spy on Moscow in the late 1970s, at one of the most dangerous moments in the Cold War. Soviets kept … Continue reading The Moscow Rules

Why Calories Don’t Count

BOOK REVIEWWhy Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong by Giles Yeo 2021 About the AuthorGiles Yeo MBE is the Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit and Scientific Director of the Genomics/Transcriptomics Core at the University of Cambridge. About the BookCalorie information is ubiquitous. On packaged … Continue reading Why Calories Don’t Count

The Memory Palace of Bones

BOOK REVIEWThe Memory Palace of Bones: Exploring Embodiment Through the Skeletal SystemBy Jeff Rockwell & David Lauterstein 2023 About the AuthorsDr Jeff Rockwell DC initially studied Rolf Structural Integration before graduating as a chiropractor from Life Chiropractic College. In addition, Jeff holds a Master's degree in somatic psychology. He has been in private practice since … Continue reading The Memory Palace of Bones