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Mapping Your Academic Career: Charting the Course of a Professor’s Life

Reviewed by Glenn E. Sanders, Anthropology, History, Political Science, Oklahoma Baptist University Gary Burge’s short book ably traces the contours of the traditional American professor’s career, from initial appointment to retirement. Drawing on insights from adult developmental psychology, he describes “the ... stages that follow the professorial career and provide practical advice on how to…
Glenn E. Sanders
April 15, 2017
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God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades

Rodney Stark sums up the argument of God’s Battalions tersely: The thrust of the preceding chapters can be summarized very briefly. The Crusades were not unprovoked. They were not the first round of European colonialism. They were not conducted for land, loot, or converts. The crusaders were not barbarians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. They…
Glenn E. Sanders
April 15, 2010