Gifts Glittering and Poisoned

Spectacles designed to capture our attention surround us. Marketing, movies, shopping malls, concerts, and virtual realities capture our imaginations and cultivate our desires. We live in a "society of the spectacle." However, is the power and prevalence of spectacle unique to the modern era?In the pages of Gifts Glittering and Poisoned, early Christian voices echo across the centuries to show tha...