(RNS) — Some books are inspired by world-shattering events, like a global pandemic. Others by something as small as getting old enough to need reading glasses. New Testament scholar and author ...

Editor’s Note: Candida Moss is the Edward Cadbury Chair of Theology ... Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible.” The views expressed here are her own. Read more opinion on CNN.

Candida Moss is the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham, UK and an award-winning author of five books, including Bible-Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby.

The Mary-Kay Gamel Outreach Prize recognises society members that are able to make an aspect of classic antiquity accessible to non-academic audiences.