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When Jesus Became God: The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome 81 reviews
Richard E. Rubenstein
Harvest Books, 2000
A must read for all who desire to Understand
I came to this book, and the subject matter, from outside of Christianity and as such I do not have any background to discuss any of theological matters raised. Any comment on my part cannot have any value, (unlike many of the other Reviewers who have a lifetime of background on the various Theologies of Christianity).
My first concern was to understand the basic concepts of Deity from a ...
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How I Became a Quant: Insights from 25 of Wall Street's Elite 11 reviews
Wiley, 2007
A Must read for newbie Quants
This book is a must read for all those who are entering or considering entering the world of Quantitative finance. Whilst there might be some omissions like Hull, Joshi, Rebonato, Jaeckel, Carr, Dowd , Thorp and the like (hopefully these will be featuring in the next edition), the mix between academics and practitioners is just about right. Anyone who studies the footnotes carefully and reads the ...
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How Jesus Became Christian 13 reviews
Barrie Wilson
Random House Canada, 2008
A better recovery of Jesus' Jewish message
Like many of us, Barrie Wilson wants to know "How did the Jewish Jesus of history become the Gentile Christ of faith? How did early Christianity become a separate religion from Judaism? What really accounts for Christian anti-Semitism?" He seeks answers partly by comparing different accounts within the scriptures -- Paul's own accounts compared with Luke's version of the same events in Acts, or ...
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I Became a Christian and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Replacing Souvenir Religion with Authentic ... 31 reviews
Vince Antonucci
Baker Books, 2008
A Motivating, Refreshing book for all....
Thank you, Vince. I think that everyone can relate to this book. I personally like Vince's life mixed in with his message. It made it very meaningful to me. I look forward to his next book and wish he lived closer!
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The Kid Who Became President24 reviews
Dan Gutman
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2000
THe kid who became president kurt s
In the fictional book The Kid Who Became President written by Dan Gutman a boy named Judson Moon becomes president. This is the sequel to The Kid Who Ran for President. In this book Moon learns being president is everything but an easy job.
During the beginning of his presidency, Moon is having a blast. He plays games, goes swimming, he has his friends come over. Then some of his friends ...
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How I Became a Pirate87 reviews
Melinda Long
Harcourt, Inc., 2003
Wonderful Book
I ordered this book as a gift for my 5 year old nephew. He loves this book and reads it at least twice a day. If you have a little buckaroo, he or she will love this adventure.
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How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics11 reviews
N. Katherine Hayles
University Of Chicago Press, 1999
REDEFINING WHAT HUMAN IS -- into the 22nd Century
Yes, this is 22nd Century thinking today. I was fortunate enough to meet the author at a LA FUTURISTS SOCIETY meeting where she was a guest speaker. She looks ordinary-- like a college professor-type, speaks clearly but her writing is the extraordinary talent. She combines humanism and science to see how virtual bodies and informatics are influencing how we live, work and love. One of those books ...
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Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity3 reviews
John W. Loftus
Prometheus Books, 2008
Thoughts from one who has been on both sides of the fence
John W. Loftus has written an important book that should be read by every Christian who cares about truth and reality. This is not the angry rant of some disgruntled former believer with an axe to grind. Loftus is thorough, fair and convincing. As a former Christian minister and apologist who became an atheist, he knows both sides of the belief question very well.
The insights and detailed ...
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How the Irish Became White (Routledge Classics) 30 reviews
Noel Ignatiev
Routledge, 2008
good condition and timely delivery
I received the book in great condition and it came in the mail in a timely fashion.
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How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-20013 reviews
Joy Harjo
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
A hestitant five stars for an excellent poet
I have followed Harjo's poetry (and recorded music) for many years, ever since I saw her on PBS reading from "She Had Some Horses". This volume contains selections from her available books: "She Had Some Horses", "Secrets from the Center of the World", "In Mad Love and War", "The Woman Who Fell from the Sky" and "A Map to the Next World". As is frequently the case, the selections for this book ...
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The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal, Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force ....40 reviews
Rodney Stark
HarperOne, 1997
Groundbreaking Work by a Sociologist
I was so inspired by Dr. Stark's careful research and thinking that I came to this site to write a review. Then I discovered Paul Frandano's review. I have never met Paul, but I think my best contribution to this collection of reviews would be to say, "read Paul's review!" He's nailed the book's strengths and noted his weakness (toward women). I thoroughly recommend Stark's The Rise of ...
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How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America 9 reviews
Karen Brodkin
Rutgers University Press, 1999
Entertaining and Seductive ... but...
Resubmitted on 2/5/3 Dr. Brodkins' book is a fair synthesis of post -War racial scholarship and theorizing. Her personal approach is entertaining and seductive but far from being a compelling story -even though there are many aspects of the book for one to like. As well, one can hardly disagree with her main theme that racism and racial identity is the single most important basis of a healthy ...
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The Word Became Fresh: How to Preach from Old Testament Narrative Texts5 reviews
Dale Ralph Davis
Mentor, 2006
It truly is fresh!
The title is descriptive of the content. With his characteristic wit and penetrating application, Dale Ralph Davis shows us how to read the Old Testament Narrative texts and hear the voice of God from them. Buy it. Read it. Digest it. Apply it. Enjoy it.
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How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel64 reviews
William M. Schniedewind
Cambridge University Press, 2005
How the Bible Became A Book
Tarah Henderson
October 31, 2005
Religion 101.08
Cargill
A Review of William M. Schniedewind's: How the Bible Became a Book
Chapter 1: How the Bible Became a Book
Schniedewind began the question of how today's Bible became a book by examining the theory with three main issues. These were: who wrote the bible, how is it that the Bible is written at all, and finally, what were the ...
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Everything You Will Ever Need To Know To Start Driving A Big Truck Or How I Became A Professional Tourist10 reviews
Steve Richards
Outskirts Press, 2006
THINKING ABOUT DRIVING A BIG TRUCK? READ THIS BOOK FIRST!
Clearly this is a tremendous book that covers a huge amount of ground, if you are interested in learning about your potential life as a big rig operator. This is a life that not everyone can deal with, but if you have ever even thought about it, you need to read this book. After you get through this, you will definitely know if you can cut it. There is nothing really hard about driving a big ...
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American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon22 reviews
Stephen Prothero
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004
An Entertaining Discussion of how Americans have made Jesus into their image
This was a fascinating, well written book. Prothero discusses how Jesus has been co-opted and claimed by numerous groups in the United States. He discusses the Jesus Movement's Hippie Jesus, the Black Jesus, the Oriental Jesus, the evolving Jewish understanding of Jesus, and the Sweet Savior Jesus of the 19th century church hymns.
Prothero also has a chapter about the movement in the early ...
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Whatever Became of Sin ?
Karl Menninger M.D.
Bantam, 1978
A World-famous psychiatrist offers new hope for real emotional health through true moral values
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They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins2 reviews
Loretto Dennis Szucs
Ancestry.com, 1998
Great resource book full of time-saving reseach ideas
They Became Americans is a great resource book that can save hours of research time for beginner and advanced genealogical researchers. I wish this book was around years ago. This book is full of ideas, anecdotes, great photos and examples. It really helps make family history come alive! My kids were even interested in the Ellis Island photos and text!
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How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World's Greatest Car Company1 review
David Magee
Portfolio Trade, 2008
A good presentation of Toyota's core principles and its production system
The subtitle of this book, "Leadership Lessons from the World's Greatest Car Company", let's the reader know that this is really a book targeted to the insatiable market for people looking to develop their business leadership skills rather than a scholarly analysis of Toyota's rise to leadership in the auto industry suggested by the title. We don't get a penetrating analysis of the automobile ...
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How I Became Stupid29 reviews
Martin Page
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
How I Became In Love with this Book
I loved this book. In some ways it's a dialectic about high intelligence and its effects on a life, that sort of reminded me about Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. And even that doesn't describe it. While I thought the book would be about an average man or woman who-after going through the effects of modern marriage or better yet child rearing, and getting old-suddenly starting ...
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