Description: Rubenstein transports readers back to when 12th-century scholars rediscovered and translated the works of Aristotle which sparked riots and heresy trials, caused major upheavals in the Catholic Church, and also set the stage for today's rift between reason and religion.
Brief description:
RICHARD E. RUBENSTEIN is professor of conflict resolution and public affairs at George Mason University and an expert on religious conflict. A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, he was a Rhodes Scholar and studied at Oxford University. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia.
Review Quotes:
PRAISE FOR WHEN JESUS BECAME GOD
"A splendidly dramatic story . . . Rubenstein has turned one of the great fights of history into an engrossing story." - - Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography
"A flesh-and-blood encounter of real people that reads like an
adventure story."-The Christian Science Monitor