The author is a Catholic professor and counselor; the book is not just for Christians. It’s a quick and easy read: about 200 pages, with small pages and lots of white space. Some notes: Here’s a good Thomas Merton quote (133): “Admit your mistakes, then move on.” The book emphasizes the importance of being 95 … [Read more…]
The author is a Jewish environmental scientist and archaeologist, the latter by experience if not by training. He is fairly secular and moderate, which may make his arguments harder to dismiss. A few notes (I read only up to page 25 and then skipped to pages 221-240 — i.e., I read the prologue, the first … [Read more…]
The author was, when he wrote this, a professor of the history of Christianity at Notre Dame. It’s worth reading, and has some good insights, but I found it only good, not great. The basic organization of the book is to show the way a series of important, representative Romans looked at Christians (and Christianity) … [Read more…]