Book Review

The magical reality of Adam and Eve

Book Review: How many contemporary Christians consider Adam and Eve as real persons, the first man and woman created by God, our first parents from whom we have all descended? 

Book Review

Building and saving souls, book by book

litupcover.jpgLIT UP: ONE REPORTER, THREE SCHOOLS, TWENTY-FOUR BOOKS THAT CAN CHANGE LIVES
By David Denby
Published by Henry Holt, 288 pages, $30

Book Review

The medieval church’s ideological warfare

12072012p18pha.jpgTHE WAR ON HERESY
By R.I. Moore
Published by Harvard University Press, $35

Book Review

The 'first couple' in story and film

APPROACHING EDEN: ADAM AND EVE IN POPULAR CULTURE
By Theresa Sanders
Published by Rowman & Littlefield, $34.95

When I taught Intro to Theology, I always started with the Book of Genesis. This was highest among the things everybody should know -- a collection of myths in which our ancestors tried to answer the basic questions: Where did we come from? What went wrong? What do we do now?