For People Who Devour Books

Book Reviews by
Edward Norman

From the May 2011 Issue

Losing Faith

Souls in Torment: Victorian Faith in Crisis

By Giles St Aubyn

The Age of Doubt: Tracing the Roots of Our Religious Uncertainty

By Christopher Lane

From the March 2009 Issue

Ave Maria

Mother of God: A History of the Virgin Mary

By Miri Rubin

From the October 2009 Issue

Crosses to Bear

A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

By Diarmaid MacCulloch

From the June 2009 Issue

Like, Totally Religious

God is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the World

By John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge

From the April 2009 Issue

Not So Harsh

Calvin

By Bruce Gordon

From the February 2009 Issue

Immaterial Girl

The She-Apostle: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa de Carvajal

By Glyn Redworth

From the October 2007 Issue

Conflict & Catholicism

Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change, 1970–2000

By R F Foster

Ireland: The Politics of Enmity 1789–2006

By Paul Bew

From the July 2007 Issue

What Next For God?

The Bible: A Biography

By Karen Armstrong

From the March 2007 Issue

Gospel Without God

Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity

By Elaine Pagels and Karen L King

The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed

By Bart D Ehrman

From the November 2006 Issue

Extreme Unction

Last Rites: The End of the Church of England

By Michael Hampson

From the April 2012 Issue

King Takes Bishop

Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim – A 900-Year-Old Story Retold

By John Guy