BOOK REVIEWBeyond the Crusades: Christianity’s Lies, Laws and Legacyby Michael Paulkovich 2016 About the AuthorMichael Paulkovich is a contributing editor for The American Rationalist, columnist for American Atheist magazine since 2012, contributor to Free Inquiry, Humanist Perspectives and other journals; inventor and retired NASA Space Systems Engineer. About the BookThis is an expanded and updated … Continue reading Beyond the Crusades
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A Distant Mirror
BOOK REVIEWA Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Centuryby Barbara W. Tuchman 2011 About the AuthorBarbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989), American historian, was born in New York City and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1933. A self-trained historian, she was a writer for the Nation and an editor for the US Office of War Information. In her … Continue reading A Distant Mirror
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The Half Has Never Been Told
BOOK REVIEWThe Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalismby Edward Baptist 2014 About the AuthorEdward E. Baptist is a professor of history at Cornell University. Author of the award-winning Creating an Old South, he lives in Ithaca, New York. About the BookA groundbreaking history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was … Continue reading The Half Has Never Been Told
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David and Solomon
BOOK REVIEW David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Traditionby Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman 2007 About the AuthorsIsrael Finkelstein is a professor of archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He is a leading figure in the archaeology of the Levant and the laureate of the … Continue reading David and Solomon
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When McKinsey Comes to Town
BOOK REVIEWWhen McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firmby Walt Bogdanich & Michael Forsythe 2022 About the AuthorsWALT BOGDANICH is an investigative reporter for The New York Times. He has been awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for his investigative journalism. He previously produced stories for “60 Minutes,” ABC News … Continue reading When McKinsey Comes to Town
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Writing the History of Early Christianity
BOOK REVIEW Writing the History of Early Christianity: From Reception to Retrospectionby Markus Vinzent 2019 About the AuthorMarkus Vinzent holds the Chair for the History of Theology at King's College London. A Fellow of the European Academy of Science in Vienna and Max Weber Institute for Advanced Studies at Erfurt University, he is the author … Continue reading Writing the History of Early Christianity
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Pagans
BOOK REVIEW Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianityby James J. O'Donnell 2016 About the AuthorJames J. O'donnell is a classicist who served for ten years as Provost of Georgetown University and is now University Librarian at Arizona State University. He is the author of several books including Augustine, The Ruin … Continue reading Pagans
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