The Imperial Faith

From: Skeptic | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Callahan, Tim | Copyright information

The Imperial Faith A review of God Against the Gods by Jonathan Kirsch 2004 New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. 321 pages. $25.95 hardback. ISBN 0-670-03286-1

WHILE THE COURSE OF HISTORY at most times seems dictated by impersonal forces beyond the control of individual human beings, there are pivotal points at which individuals can step in and alter the path of nations and even empires. There are also points at which the direction a nation takes seems to be the result of sheer happenstance. ...

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