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Category Archives: Book Reviews
Review: ‘God is not One’
It’s easy to say that all religions are one. It’s easy to say that we all believe in the same God. It’s easy to say that we all want to be in Heaven. It’s also false, argues Boston University religion … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, Islam, Judaism
Tagged belief in one god, five pillars, noble eightfold path, seventh day adventism, stephen prothero, university religion professor
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Review: ‘Gaming The World’
In Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics And Culture, University of Michigan professors Andrei S. Markovits and Lars Rensmann examine the significance of athletics. “Sports matter,” they write in the book’s first sentence. “They hold a singular … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Personal
Tagged andrei s markovits, basketball baseball, leisure time activities, liverpool soccer club, major league baseball, overt racism
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Gaming The World
Here are the three books I’m reading and reviewing for Spectrum Magazine: * The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Princeton University Press) * Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture * Eva’s … Continue reading
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Tagged global politics, life and afterlife, menachem mendel schneerson, princeton university press, spectrum magazine, stepsister
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Birth Control is Sinful in the Christian Marriages and also Robbing God of Priesthood Children!
Ned Muffin writes on Amazon.com: Despite being written entirely in BLOCK CAPITALS, this self-published work conveys its message elegantly. In fact, you don’t even need to read it to understand the main argument being put forward. True, by avoiding this … Continue reading
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Tagged abe lincoln, angel on earth, block capitals, british royal family, hairy eared dwarf lemur, sinister significance
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Dull Books For Yom Kippur
I afflicted my soul on Yom Kippur by reading a couple of very dull, poorly written academic books on Judaism. The first one had the exciting title: Between Redemption and Doom: The Strains of German-Jewish Modernism. I gave up on … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Germany, Judaism
Tagged academic books, conversion to judaism, dull books, gideon klein, hebrew prayers, jewish modernism, jewish neighbors, jim zorn, orthodox rabbi, public identity, rabbi robert, reform rabbi, washington redskins, yom kippur
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