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Title: The "Empire" equals capitalism?
Review: Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat would have us believe that the empire of the 1st century is the equivalent of capitalism in the 21'st century. I give them their due as biblical scholars, but neither has a working knowledge of the industrial revolution nor capitalism. There exists in this book too much mindless railing against the "empire" of post modern times. There is no effort to compare and contrast the Roman empire and the democracies of today (as it would not serve their arguments). Certainly there is more truth to the aphorism "a rising tide lifts all boats" than the authors of this book would lead us to believe.
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