The BBC Doctor Who blog is celebrating Star Wars Day with a selection of mash-ups between Star Wars and Doctor Who. Below is one of them. Click through for more! Read more
The BBC Doctor Who blog is celebrating Star Wars Day with a selection of mash-ups between Star Wars and Doctor Who. Below is one of them. Click through for more! Read more
For Star Wars Day, here’s Luke Skywalker singing “All By Myself,” courtesy of David Unger Music. Read more
My friend Eldad Keynan shared these photos of a carving in the wall of a building in the Golan Heights. Any suggestions as to what it might be or represent? Read more
My students were asked to evaluate the sources they used in their papers this semester. More than one has told me that a particular article or book is reliable because it “has purpose.” What on Earth is that supposed to mean?! I am not sure whether I am more concerned by the fact that students are writing such meaningless statements, or the apparent implication that what they normally read lacks any discernible purpose… Read more
Some time ago – back in 2013, and thus so long that I had pretty much forgotten all about it – A. David Lewis and I recorded a podcast on “Popular Culture, Dr. Who, and Religion.” That podcast has been unearthed from wherever it lay hidden all this time, and thanks to the fact that the Religious Studies Project liked it and offered to host it, it can now be listened to online. The URL is: http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/popular-culture-dr-who-and-religion/ If you listen to it,... Read more
Pictoral Theology posted the image above, and I’m not surprised that Jerry Coyne thought highly of it. But both the creation and the approval indicate a disappointing level of misinformation about Galileo. Galileo was a devout religious person whose whole life and activity embody the compatibility of religion and science. He also embodied the same kind of confident arrogance and smugness that made enemies of those who disagreed with him, that one too often encounters among those who promulgate the myth... Read more
Jeff Carter (yes, that Jeff Carter) is hosting the latest Biblical Studies Carnival. And it is chock full not only of links to interesting posts, but also fantastic video context. I’ll include a couple of samples below, but click through for much, much more. And there are also a couple of Hebrews Highlights for this month, too. Read more
A colleague told me that a student had mistakenly written about Jesus’ “sermon on the plane” in an assignment. I immediately thought that it ought to be turned into an image. If you like it, share it! Read more
This video apparently comes from the wedding of two Star Wars fans. Hope you enjoy it! Should it be called an Organa Voluntary? 🙂 Read more
Several more illustrations of the fact that the Bible is not children’s literature, that it isn’t cute and sweet. The above come from artist Tom LaMothe, via a post on Rachel Held Evans’ blog from several years ago. The artist’s daughter is herself a Patheos blogger. See also another version of the Jael story, as well as my earlier post on the Previous Moments Akedah… Read more
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