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

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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

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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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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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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

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