Book #132 of 2023: 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife by Ken Jennings A breezy survey of different ideas about the hereafter: both those of various world religions and the ones dreamed up for particular works of fiction, from Riverworld to Dead Like Me to San Junipero to …
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Book Review: Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife by Bart D. Ehrman
Book #87 of 2020: Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife by Bart D. Ehrman An interesting topic, delivered in a somewhat dry and academic tone. The general thesis of the work is that modern Christianity’s conceptions of the hereafter are not exactly what would have been believed throughout history, and we can trace …
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Book Review: The Name of God is Mercy by Pope Francis
Book #150 of 2017: The Name of God is Mercy by Pope Francis A short but powerful tract from Pope Francis on the merciful aspect of God’s nature, especially as interpreted through Catholic doctrine. His Holiness explains, with citations to scripture and centuries of church scholarship, how God is eternally forgiving of people’s shortcomings and …
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Book Review: One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin M. Kruse
Book #69 of 2019: One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin M. Kruse An interesting and meticulously-researched book from Princeton historian Kevin M. Kruse, examining the rise of America’s religious right over the course of the twentieth century. The basic thesis here is twofold: that only in its relatively recent …
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