I must offer thanks to those who decided to pre-order The Only True God. I just looked and it was ranked as a bestseller, coming in at #53 on amazon.com in the category Books > Religion & Spirituality > Judaism > History of Religion Of course, I initially suspected that perhaps there were only 53 [...]

We are part of something greater than ourselves, something that may well be infinite. It gave rise to us – “created” us, if you will, through the unfolding of various processes. We cannot see it from the outside, cannot know if referring to it as “it” fits less well than using a personal pronoun. Does [...]

You can pre-order The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in Its Jewish Context at a significant discount on amazon.com. I’m not sure what kind of offer University of Illinois Press has at SBL, but it is hard to beat 34% off the list price!

Review of Jack Clayton Swearengen, Beyond Paradise: Technology and the Kingdom of God (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2007). Review published in Teaching Theology and Religion 11:4 (2008) p.236. Jack Clayton Swearengen’s book Beyond Paradise: Technology and the Kingdom of God is intended as a primer on the ethics of technology and engineering from a [...]

Call For Papers: The North American Undergraduate Conference in Religion and PhilosophyDate: Friday-Saturday, March 27-28, 2009Location: St. Francis University, Loretto, PATheme: “The Common Good”Deadline: 150 word abstract, February 13, 2009; complete submission, March 13, 2009Website: www.francis.edu/NAUCRP.htm CALL FOR PAPERSWe cordially invite undergraduates to submit proposals on matters pertaining to philosophy and religion for the third [...]

In a book chapter on oral tradition, I want to make reference in a section heading to some stereotypical set-up for a joke, where certain individuals who make regular appearances at this point in jokes walk into a bar. Who should I use in this illustration? If this were merely for a British audience, then [...]

Scot McKnight’s forthcoming book The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible (Zondervan, 2008) is spiritual dynamite. In the book, Scot treats the Bible with a combination of honesty and devotion that is remarkably powerful, and while some may find his approach troubling because it challenges their cherished assumptions, I anticipate and hope that [...]