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Jonathan Wright (born 1969) is a British historian and author.

His books include The Jesuits: Missions, Myths and Histories (HarperCollins, 2004),[1][2][3][4] published in the United States as God's Soldiers (Doubleday, 2004), and The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to the Nation State (HarperCollins, 2006), and Heretics: The Creation of Christianity from the Gnostics to the Modern Church (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011) (on heresy).[5]

Wright was educated at the Universities of St Andrews and Oxford where he was awarded a doctorate in 1999. Wright reviews for numerous British and American newspapers, magazines and academic journals.

References

  1. ^ McCrystal, Cal (15 February 2004). "The Jesuits by Jonathan Wright". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. ^ "The Jesuits: Missions, Myths and Histories (Book)". Contemporary Review. 285 (1663): 126–127. August 2004.
  3. ^ Hyland, Sabine (April 2006). "The Jesuits: Missions, Myths, and Histories". International Bulletin of Missionary Research. 30 (2): 105–106.
  4. ^ McCoog, Thomas (20 August 2004). "The Jesuits: Missions, Myths and Histories". Times Literary Supplement (5290): 28.
  5. ^ Jonathan Wright, Heretics: The Creation of Christianity from the Gnostics to the Modern Church (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011). ISBN 978-0-15-101387-6


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