The Soldier's Choice Diane Kaschak Newman Voelkel lays out a theological

Voelkel lays out a theological vision interwoven with wisdom from social change movement building

and context Observes a dynamic relationship between leadership values

the book challenges the myth that sex and gender are binary and explores the inherent

Winner of the 2005 Grundler Award

' Maxims are ancient rhetorical forms

The Soldier's Choice Diane Kaschak Newman Voelkel lays out a theologicalIn the pitch of battle, according to Pericles, the Athenian citizen soldier chooses to die rather than leave undefended the democratic principles that Athens embodies: this defines The Soldier's Choice. The great war between Sparta and Athens dominated the Greek world for twenty seven years (431 404 BCE) and shaped much of the culture it bequeathed to posterity. The Sparta of that era did not produce writers, but Athens did: Thucydides, an