Ranked #1
Shai M. Dromi, "Above the Fray: The Red Cross and the Making of the Humanitarian NGO Sector" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
Shai M. Dromi, "Above the Fray: The Red Cross and the Making of the Humanitarian NGO Sector" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
How should we understand humanitarian NGOs? In Above the Fray: The Red Cross and the Making of the Humanitarian NGO Sect... Read more
13 Feb 2020
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44mins
Ranked #2
Robert D. Miller II, “Covenant and Grace in the Old Testament: Assyrian Propaganda and Israelite Faith” (Gorgias Press, 2012)
Robert D. Miller II, “Covenant and Grace in the Old Testament: Assyrian Propaganda and Israelite Faith” (Gorgias Press, 2012)
How would Israelites have understood their nation’s covenant relationship with Yahweh? Dr. Robert Miller II offers a stu... Read more
26 Sep 2018
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26mins
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Ranked #3
Emily Anderson, “Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan: Empire for God” (Bloomsbury, 2014)
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Saba Mahmood, “Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report” (Princeton UP, 2015)
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David L. Weddle, “Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam” (NYU Press, 2017)
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Ranked #6
Reza Aslan, “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” (Random House, 2013)
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Christians in the United States and around the world have varying images of Jesus, from one who turns the other cheek to... Read more
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Anthony Kaldellis, "Romanland: Ethnicity and Empire in Byzantium" (Harvard UP, 2019)
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Though commonly used today to identify a polity that lasted for over a millennium, the label “Byzantine empire” is an an... Read more
10 Jun 2019
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48mins
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Gregory Dawes, "Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science" (Routledge, 2016)
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Open conflict between religion and science may not be inevitable, but a germ of discord resides in some of the fundament... Read more
18 Mar 2019
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Ranked #9
Jessica Parr, “Inventing George Whitefield: Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon” (UP of Mississippi, 2015)
Jessica Parr, “Inventing George Whitefield: Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon” (UP of Mississippi, 2015)
George Whitefield was a complex man driven by a simple idea, the new birth that brought salvation. Because of such passi... Read more
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56mins
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Abraham Kuyper, "On Education" (Lexham Press, 2019)
Abraham Kuyper, "On Education" (Lexham Press, 2019)
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28 Jan 2020
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44mins
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Andrew T. Abernethy, “The Book of Isaiah and Gods Kingdom: A Thematic-theological Approach” (InterVarsity Press 2016)
Andrew T. Abernethy, “The Book of Isaiah and Gods Kingdom: A Thematic-theological Approach” (InterVarsity Press 2016)
As with the other major prophets, the Book of Isaiah can be intimidating–its sheer length, its seemingly disjointed orga... Read more
19 Dec 2016
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47mins
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Tim Perry, "The Theology of Benedict XVI: A Protestant Appreciation" (Lexham Press, 2019)
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Gene Luen Yang, “Boxers & Saints” (First Second, 2013)
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John Witte, Jr., "The Western Case for Monogamy over Polygamy" (Cambridge UP, 2018)
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Robert Louis Wilken, "Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedom" (Yale UP, 2019)
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1hr 2mins
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Matthew A. Sutton, “American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism” (Harvard UP, 2014)
Matthew A. Sutton, “American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism” (Harvard UP, 2014)
Matthew Avery Sutton is the author of three books: Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America (200... Read more
17 Dec 2014
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1hr 2mins
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Scott Harrower, "God of All Comfort: A Trinitarian Response to the Horrors of This World" (Lexham Press, 2019)
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51mins
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Hans Boersma, "Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition" (Eerdmans, 2018)
Hans Boersma, "Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition" (Eerdmans, 2018)
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3 Oct 2019
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50mins
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Harry O. Maier, "New Testament Christianity in the Roman World" (Oxford UP, 2018)
Harry O. Maier, "New Testament Christianity in the Roman World" (Oxford UP, 2018)
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40mins
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Alan Jacobs, "The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis" (Oxford UP, 2018)
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