Social-Science Commentary on the Book of Acts Tracy D. Eells and there are no morally

and there are no morally neutral acts or thoughts

Brand argues that Roman republican values and institutions prepared common men for the rigors and horrors of war

The book also traces the rise of creationism and the history of fundamentalism in America

The book concludes with proposals to address the continuing problem of building a pipeline of future women's leadership in education

and is coauthor (with Jacques P

Social-Science Commentary on the Book of Acts Tracy D. Eells and there are no morallyLike earlier volumes in the Social Science Commentary series, this volume situates Acts squarely in the cultural matrix of the first century Mediterranean world, elaborating its codes of patron and client, mediatorship, honor and shame, healing and sickening, wizardry and witchcraft accusations, and the understanding of the Spirit of God as well as deities and demons as personal causes of significant events. Part 1: Jesus First Command to the Twelve