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[Author] Non-Fiction [Genre] Eric Metaxas [Rating] ** [Description] (Bradley) Eric Metaxas approaches his topic with such a personal agenda and religious bias, that I felt he was unable to objectively define what makes great men. He elected to write 7 short Bios’ on George Washington, William Wilberforce Jackie Robinson, Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Eric Liddell, Pope John Paul II and Charles Colson. While I will grant him the first three, and stand on the fence regarding Bonhoeffer, the last three do not qualify as great men. They may have done a great deed or two, but they certainly did not lead an exemplary life. Part of my issue with his selection process is Eric’s putting on a pedestal those men who were able to recruit new believers in his religion. While I gladly accept anyone’s personal belief structure, I feel this need by most of the worlds major religions to continue to prove themselves by actively and sometimes force ably recruiting new converts is one of the fundamental problems the world faces today. In addition I felt Eric missed several men who had a far greater positive impact on the world than Colson, Pope Paul II, Liddell and Bonhoeffer. What about Sam Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill; just to name a few of the more obvious candidates. [Date Reviewed] 2014-04 [Title] 
Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness
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