The Stuff:This book presents a biography of a religious leader who took the name Public Universal Friend in the late 18th century. Jemima Wilkinson, a twenty-three-year-old woman from a Quaker family in Rhode Island, became seriously ill in 1776 during the American Revolution. The Friend said Jemima died and was infused with a new spirit.Continue reading “Review of “Not Your Founding Father” by Nina Sankovitch”
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Review of “The Dark Side of Christian History” by Helen Ellerbe
In short: The book has an engaging writing style and is a quick, easy read. However, it is too short to do the subject justice and suffers from oversimplification and insufficient information. My first impression of this book, with its 188 pages of text, was that it was too short to do its subject justice.Continue reading “Review of “The Dark Side of Christian History” by Helen Ellerbe”
Reviews of Old and New Stories. Mostly Old 