BOOK REVIEWSearching for the Messiah: Unlocking the Psalms of Solomon and Humanity's Quest for a Savior by Barrie Wilson 2020 About the AuthorBarrie Wilson is a professor emeritus of religious studies at York University in Toronto, where he specializes in early Christianity. His book How Jesus Became Christian was longlisted for the Cundill International Prize … Continue reading Searching for the Messiah
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Secret Scriptures Revealed
BOOK REVIEWSecret Scriptures Revealed: A New Introduction to the Christian Apocrypha by Tony Burke 2013 About the AuthorTony Burke is professor of humanities at York University. His academic interests include the study of Christian biographical literature of the second century (infancy gospels), children and the family in Roman antiquity, curses, and noncanonical Jewish and Christian … Continue reading Secret Scriptures Revealed
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The Unification Church Movement
BOOK REVIEWThe Unification Church Movementby Michael L. Mickler 2022 About the AuthorDr. Michael L. Mickler is Professor of Church History and Vice-President of the Unification Theological Seminary, and Director of the Sun Hak Institute of History USA. He is the author of Footprints of True Parents’ Providence: The United States of America (2013), 40 Years … Continue reading The Unification Church Movement
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Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought
BOOK REVIEWPosthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought: Becoming Angels and Demons by M. David Litwa 2021 About the AuthorDr. Litwa has broad interests in the fields of early Christianity, Hellenistic Judaism, ruler cult, classical mythology, and Greco-Roman religions. His career began with a monograph on deification (becoming god) as seen through the lens of the … Continue reading Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought
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Found Christianities
BOOK REVIEWFound Christianities: Remaking the World of the Second Century CE by M. David Litwa 2022 About the AuthorDr. Litwa has broad interests in the fields of early Christianity, Hellenistic Judaism, ruler cult, classical mythology, and Greco-Roman religions. His career began with a monograph on deification (becoming god) as seen through the lens of the … Continue reading Found Christianities
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The Oxford History of the Reformation
BOOK REVIEWThe Oxford History of the Reformationby Peter Marshall 2022 About the AuthorPeter Marshall, FBA was born and raised in the Orkney islands, and educated at the University of Oxford. Since 1994, he has taught at the University of Warwick, where he has been Professor of History since 2006. A leading specialist in the history … Continue reading The Oxford History of the Reformation
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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
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