Preaching Till It Hurts
Hard As Nails
Reviewed by Becky Garrison
Entering the auditorium of St. Gabriel Catholic School in the same neighborhood of Queens that spawned Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays and Malcolm X, I couldn’t keep my eyes off this urban punk doing pushups and rapping at the top of his lungs. READ MORE...
12.18.2007 | Comments(30)
Master of the Temple Describes a Fragile Paul
The Gospel According to Paul: The Creative Genius Who Brought Jesus to the World by Robin Griffith-Jones. HarperSanFrancisco, 2004, $16.95.
Reviewed by John Bloom
Robin Griffith-Jones, an Anglican cleric known for his wit and good humor, is Master of the Temple Church in London. READ MORE...
12.13.2007 | Comments(120)
They Shoot Scholars, Don’t They?
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan. Random House, 2005, $14.95.
Reviewed by John Bloom READ MORE...
12.07.2007 | Comments(10)
Apocalypse Now in Islam's Holiest Shrine
The Siege of Mecca by Yaroslav Trofimov. Doubleday, $26, 301 pp. Publication date: September 18, 2007. READ MORE...
11.21.2007 | Comments(37)Jesus As Reality Show: The Latest Digs in Galilee
Jesus and Archaeology,
Edited by James H. Charlesworth. READ MORE...
How the Temple Scribes Invented Absolutely Everything
Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible by Karel van der Toorn. READ MORE...
11.14.2007 | Comments(24)Five Centuries Later, the Vatican Still Hates Him
On the Donation of Constantine by Lorenzo Valla, translated from the Latin by G.W. Bowersock, Harvard University Press, 2007. READ MORE...
11.11.2007 | Comments(7)Eleven Presidents to Choose From and Billy's Best Chum Was Nixon
The Preacher and the Presidents:
Billy Graham in the White House READ MORE...
Carthusians Kick Monastic Butt
An Infinity of Little Hours by Nancy Klein Maguire. PublicAffairs, March 12, 2007, $26. READ MORE...
10.15.2007 | Comments(18)