Category: empires

Kingdoms Of This World

I have been working for a while on the theme of empires, and their religious consequences. See also the related page at this site on American Empire Through History. My next book will be Kingdoms of This World: How Empires Have Made and Remade Religions (Baylor University Press, 2024). Here is the catalog description for…Continue Reading Kingdoms Of This World

American Empire in History

Much of my current work involves the theme of empire, and of empires, largely but not exclusively in a religious context. My latest book is Kingdoms of This World: How Empires Have Made and Remade Religions (Baylor University Press, 2024). This argues that any scholar of religion really needs to know something about how empires…Continue Reading American Empire in History