Stark, Rodney. “The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World’s Largest Religion.” New York, NY: HarperOne, 2011. 506 pp. Every story worth telling is worth telling well, and Rodney Stark is worried that the story of Christianity has often been told poorly. The Enlightenment in general, and Hobbes and Voltaire in particular … Continue reading »
Author Archives: Joshua Gonnerman
Faith and the Life of Pi
P Director Ang Lee creates an visual masterpiece from Yann Martel’s 2001 novel about Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel, a boy shaped by his background as the son of a shopkeeper, and a striking multi-religious nature, practicing his mother’s Hindu religion, while at the same time adopting Catholicism and Islam, with a story which, as he … Continue reading »