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"Winner of the 2005 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the Constructive-Reflective Studies Category, American Academy of Religion." "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005" Robert A. Orsi is Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America, Harvard Divinity School. He is the author of The Madonna of 115th Street, winner of the John Gilmary Shea Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association; and of...
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"One of the greatest sources of violence in modern history has been the question of what Jesus meant when he told his disciples at the Last Supper to eat the bread of his body and drink the wine of his blood and to do so always in remembrance of him. It erupted in Europe in the sixteenth century and was carried around the globe by colonizers, missionaries, explorers, and scholars. In its opening chapters, History and Presence examines the power of...
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