Let’s Ask Marion

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BOOK REVIEWLet's Ask Marion: What You Need to Know about the Politics of Food, Nutrition, and Healthby Marion Nestle in conversation with Kerry Trueman 2020 About the AuthorsMarion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, and the author of books about food politics, most … Continue reading Let’s Ask Marion

The End of Biblical Studies

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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

The Mystery of Acts

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BOOK REVIEWThe Mystery of Acts: Unraveling Its Storyby ichard I. Pervo 2008 About the AuthorRichard I. Pervo is the author of several books on Acts including Profit with Delight: The Literary Genre of the Acts of the Apostles (1987), Luke's Story of Paul (1990), Rethinking the Unity of Luke and Acts (with Mikeal A. Parsons, … Continue reading The Mystery of Acts

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism

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BOOK REVIEWThe Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianismby Michael Stausberg (Editor), Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina (Editor) 2015 About the BookThe editors of the Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism ought to be lauded for presenting a superb compendium on the state of scholarship in Zoroastrian Studies.Not only does its treatment of more traditional questions pertaining to Zarathustra’s time, homeland, … Continue reading The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism

Jesus Wars

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BOOK REVIEWJesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Yearsby John Philip Jenkins 2010 About the AuthorPhilip Jenkins, the author of The Lost History of Christianity, Jesus Wars, and The Next Christendom, is a Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University's Institute for Studies … Continue reading Jesus Wars

Heavenly Masters

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BOOK REVIEWHeavenly Masters: Two Thousand Years of the Daoist Stateby Vincent Goossaert 2021 About the AuthorVincent Goossaert is professor of Daoism and Chinese religions at École Pratique des Hautes Études-PSL. About the BookThe origins of modern Daoism can be traced to the Church of the Heavenly Master (Tianshidao), reputedly established by the formidable Zhang Daoling. … Continue reading Heavenly Masters

Biblical Truths

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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