Ever since I listened to the audio book of Zealot, I've been thinking a lot about my undergrad years. I've talked in the past about my intensity of purpose during those years, and about my history classes. My memories keep focusing around a World History class I took. As a history major, most of my… Continue reading College Nostalgia
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Second Attempt
Over the last two years, there were two books that didn't make it past my 50-page rule that I still really wanted to have read: Reza Aslan's Zealot and Philip Roth's The Plot Against America. In both cases I was able to go back and complete them thanks to their audio book versions. For Zealot, it was my professor friend… Continue reading Second Attempt
A Life of Jesus
In college I took a "History of World Religions" class taught by my favorite college professor (the one that gave me my superhero name). One day that quarter I was waiting for a friend in the Student Union, and I pulled out my required reading for that class: A Life of Jesus by Shusaku Endo.… Continue reading A Life of Jesus
Grown Up, Now What? 