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Witch Ways

Philip Jenkins

The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present by ronald hutton yale, 376 pages, $30 In 1768, John Wesley expressed concern about the decline of...

Going South

Philip Jenkins

From Every Tribe and Nation: A Historian’s Discovery of the Global Christian Story by mark a. noll baker, 224 pages, $19.99 In 1900, over 80 percent of Christians lived...

Economics as Eugenics

Philip Jenkins

Gregory Clark’s A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World is not quite as bad as either its author or publisher try to make it. As...

Who Is Harry Sylvester?

Philip Jenkins

If the Ministry of Truth had devoted their full attention to obliterating the memory of Harry Sylvester, his elimination from the public consciousness could not have been more total....

Strange Spirits

Philip Jenkins

Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality By Leigh Eric Schmidt HarperSanFrancisco, 352 pages, $26.95 Where two or three Americans are gathered, they will sooner or later discuss religion....

Accomplishment––or Fame

Philip Jenkins

Human Accomplishment:  the Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 BC to 1950.by Charles Murray.Harper Collis.  668 pp. $29.95 Charles Murray has an admirable penchant for tackling...

A New Religious America

Philip Jenkins

In recent years, the decade of the 1960s has become a popular subject for courses in university history departments. Since humanities professors tilt well to the left, it is...