Books like Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
12 books with a reading profile close to Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them by Bart D. Ehrman. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Truth and fiction in the Da Vinci code
history, analytical
Bart Ehrman examines the historical claims presented in Dan Brown’s novel, specifically addressing the origins of the New Testament and the identity of Mary Magdalene.
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
history, analytical
Angela Davis connects disparate liberation efforts through a framework of intersectional internationalism.
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History of Beauty
by Umberto Eco
history, analytical
Umberto Eco examines the shifting definitions of aesthetics in Western civilization from ancient Greece to the dawn of the twenty-first century.
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BLACK AF HISTORY
history, analytical
Michael Harriot reconstructs the American timeline by centering Black agency rather than treating it as a footnote to white narratives.
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
history, analytical
Reni Eddo-Lodge examines the disconnect in British racial discourse, beginning with a viral blog post regarding the emotional labor required to explain prejudice to those who deny its existence.
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The Nineties
history, analytical
Chuck Klosterman examines the decade between the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Twin Towers, defining it as a period of low-stakes sincerity and pervasive irony.
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
history, analytical
Richard Rothstein identifies the specific local, state, and federal policies that created and enforced residential segregation across the United States.
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Women, Race & Class
history, analytical
Angela Davis maps the historical intersection of abolitionism and the early women’s suffrage movement to demonstrate how the priorities of middle-class white women often excluded the needs of Black women.
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Women & Power: A Manifesto
by Mary Beard
history, analytical
In this manifesto, classicist Mary Beard traces the historical roots of female silence back to ancient Greek and Roman literature.
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
history, analytical
James W.
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by Matt Ridley
analytical, academic
Matt Ridley organizes the history of the human species by dedicating one chapter to a specific gene found on each pair of chromosomes.
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