Synopses & Reviews
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"A vigorous study of the death and rebirth of empirical thought in the Western tradition.... A lucid, accessible contribution to intellectual history, and a worthy companion to Elaine Pagels's recent Beyond Belief." Kirkus Reviews
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"Freeman tells an entertaining story, and on the way produces an
excellent and readable account of the development of Christian doctrine." Anthony Gottlieb, The New York Times Book Review
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"[A] fine book for a popular audience that enjoys history, clear writing and subject matter that reflects on our own time, when fundamentalist superstition of all types threatens the exercise of that which makes us human, reason." Houston Chronicle
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"Freeman repeats an oft-told tale of the rise of Christianity and the supposed demise of philosophy in a book that is fascinating, frustrating and flawed." Publishers Weekly
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"[T]he product of [Freeman's] frustration with the early church this book is simply too impressively erudite to dismiss as polemic or, indeed, to set down." Booklist
About the Author
Charles Freeman is the author of The Greek Achievement and Egypt, Greece, and Rome. He lives in Suffolk, England.