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Why do Christians give up chocolate for Lent?

John Fea   |  March 8, 2022

Historian Miles Pattenden explains at History Today. Here is a taste of his piece, “The Theology of Chocolate”: Chocolate has a history but, for Catholics, it also has a theology. Long and learned treatises were written about whether it was...

The Author’s Corner with Jared Hardesty

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 21, 2021

Jared Hardesty is Assistant Professor of History at Western Washington University. This interview is based on his new book, Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate (NYU Press, 2021). JF: What led you to...

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