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Raymond Schroth
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
LIT 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
THE 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?