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.
The Hated Cage
In April 1815, more than 5,000 American prisoners were being held in Dartmoor Prison in England.
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Toxic Psychiatry
BOOK REVIEWToxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the "New Psychiatry"by Peter R. Breggin 2015 About the AuthorPeter R. Breggin, M.D., is a psychiatrist and expert in clinical psychopharmacology. A former teaching fellow at Harvard Medical School and full-time consultant at the National Institute of Mental … Continue reading Toxic Psychiatry
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The Nones
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
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Biblical Truths
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
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Reflections on Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity
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
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Secret Origins of the Bible
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
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