I have been glancing at, but not following very closely, the “Great Trinity Debate” taking place over at Parchment and Pen. But skimming Rob Bowman’s concluding post, I saw a familiar name – my own! And so I took a closer look. Alas, what I found there was an assertion that I am wrong (not the first, I might add) which neither does justice to the arguments I’ve made nor includes for consideration all the relevant material. Bowman states “Neither... Read more

From PHD Comics (HT Jim Getz). I’ll be thinking about whether to put the above comic on my syllabi… Read more

If you like Mike Oldfield, or Vangelis, or both, then you probably should try Eureka‘s album Shackleton’s Voyage. Here’s a sample: Frank Bossert is the musician behind the album. And if you’ve never heard music by Mike Oldfield, here’s your chance: http://embed.trilulilu.ro/audio/iulian_motan/c369ff0876a444.swf Read more

Enjoy this video from The Onion. It was too relevant to themes on this blog not to share it. Apologies for the rude language in the final seconds! http://media.theonion.com/flash/video/onn_player.swf?videoid=17491&embedded=true&host=http://www.theonion.comChristian Groups: Biblical Armageddon Must Be Taught Alongside Global Warming Read more

Today I did an interview with MTV news about the LOST finale and in particular some of the religious ideas and imagery connected with the “flash sideways universe.” The result is the article by Eric Ditzian, “‘Lost’ Finale: Experts Talk Impact Of Religion On The Island.” If you read it, let me know what you think of this “mash up” of religion experts commenting on LOST’s own religious mash-up! Read more

Via a Romanian blog I came across via Academia.edu, I discovered another source of online music: Trilulilu. Here are some pieces by Romania’s best-known composer, George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No.1http://embed.trilulilu.ro/audio/hrista19aida/2a2dbbe14f7ce0.swf Romanian Rhapsody No.2http://embed.trilulilu.ro/audio/hrista19aida/40b37070a5bb88.swf Poema Romanahttp://embed.trilulilu.ro/audio/daryus30/4edc4e90d0e126.swf Ballade for Violinhttp://embed.trilulilu.ro/audio/oceanflower1/f6fd820b117e27.swfAsculta mai multe audio Muzica Unfortunately details about the performers are often not provided. Read more

The latest installment in the Doctor Who Media Club series has been posted at Religion Dispatches with contributions by Gabriel McKee and myself. Read more

People on the West coast of the United States have yet to see the finale, never mind people in other parts of the world. And so I’m not going to say anything about the finale just yet. Plus it requires some reflection and digesting. So the post is spoiler free, but feel free to talk about the finale and the series as a whole in the comments if you are so inclined. Read more

At long last I am able to share the talk I gave at the ceremony at which I was installed as the Clarence L. Goodwin Chair of New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University. The talk had to be broken up into three separate videos because of YouTube’s restriction on the maximum length. Here’s the link to the three as a single playlist. Read more