Stephen Savage shared this with me on Facebook: Ouch! Satire is most effective when it hits painfully close to home. Does this seem to get things about right to you? As a liberal Christian, I think it is better to honestly disagree with the Bible, than to engage in the selective Biblicism that typifies most conservative approaches. After all, that is what the Biblical authors themselves did! Posted with Blogsy Read more
I am grateful to Baylor University Press for sending me a free review copy of Douglas E. Cowan’s magnificent book, Sacred Space: The Quest for Transcendence in Science Fiction Film and Television. I cannot believe how long it has taken me to get around to reviewing it. But there is a good reason. This is not a book that one can or should breeze through. The author makes important and insightful observations on pretty much every page, not only about... Read more
One of the pitfalls of being involved professionally and/or personally in the study of the Bible, theology, and/or religion is that one may notice religious symbolism or overtones in unusual and unexpected places. A case in point: I noticed after the fact that my recent family vacation mirrored the story in Genesis 3. Our first stop was in Paradise, Pennsylvania, which is near Lancaster and Intercourse and thus in the heart of an area with a large Amish population. From there,... Read more
Joseph Hoffmann bid farewell to the gang of four at Vridar. Deseret News has a piece about Bart Ehrman, an agnostic who is convinced there was a historical Jesus. Rowan Williams reviewed Geza Vermes’ book on Christian origins in The Guardian. Wing Nut Daily turned a professor’s suggestion that Jesus was rather like a muslim, being part of a social justice movement akin to early Islam, into the headline “Christian prof claims Jesus was Muslim.” In The Bible and Interpretation there is... Read more
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This was shared by Being Liberal on Facebook. Do you agree? Posted with Blogsy Read more
On a long drive, I had the opportunity to have a conversation with my wife and our niece, Dana, about homosexuality from a Christian perspective. In the discussion, a few points came up related to the interpretation of Genesis 2 that I want to share. On the one hand, many have asked why, if homosexuality is perfectly acceptable, we are given a story about God creating a man and a woman. I think the answer is pretty simple: the narrative... Read more
A short piece for violin by another Latvian composer with the surname Kalniņš. Posted with Blogsy Read more
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I’ve heard from a couple of people that there seem to be issues with Disqus comments loading properly. It sounds as though the problem may be limited to Internet Explorer, although it is hard to tell. They seem to load fine for me – sometimes a little slowly, when there are lots of comments. Since I installed the new updated version of Disqus, the comments have seemed to look and function better for me personally. It reverted to nested comments,... Read more