Although it will be a few more months before it is out in print, the Kindle edition of Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion is now available. Take a look at the table of contents on Amazon's preview, if you aren't sure why I am so very excited about this volume edited by Paul Levinson and Michael Waltemathe. Read more
Enjoy this weather report from the UK for the day that The Force Awakens premiers. It is impressive that weather reporter Sian Welby manages to incorporate so many Star Wars puns, and to do so while keeping a straight face. Well done! My hope is that the day of the premier won’t lack a Rey of sunshine, wherever in the galaxy you happen to be watching it. Read more
A blog reader sent me a compilation of Richard Carrier’s treatment of reviews of his work, which the individual suggested should be kept until the next time Carrier “brings a gun to a review fight.” Since Carrier saw fit not only to sing the praises of Raphael Lataster’s recent volume, but in the process to make the false claims that T&T Clark/Continuum is not an academic press, and that Maurice Casey’s book was not peer reviewed, I thought now would... Read more
I’ve been meaning to mention Syndicate Symposia on my blog for a long while now. The fact that a couple of blogs I subscribe to have mentioned symposia on topics that interest me has sparked me into action. The Jesus Blog mentioned one focused on James Crossley’s work on Jesus. And then Tripp Fuller mentioned the one featuring Philip Clayton and LeRon Shults discussing God. Here’s one of the videos, in case you need it to whet your appetite… Read more
Jeff Carter offered some Whovian versions of Christmas carol titles. I didn’t think I could do better, so I’ll just link to his list. And as usual, the BBC has some Doctor Who Christmas cards that you can download and print. I particularly like this one (notice the sign on the door): Read more
Valerie Tarico, despite saying that she defers to the consensus of experts, nonetheless offers five really bad reasons for thinking Jesus might not have existed. 1) She says that there are no secular sources about Jesus, neglecting to mention that the notion of secularism did not exist in that time, and that one would be hard pressed to find any source that completely disbelieved in all gods of every sort. 2) She points out that things like the virgin birth... Read more
This made me laugh: Of related interest, those who believe in getting back to the original form of the faith will want to look into the despecialized edition of the original trilogy. Read more
Lancaster Online published an article about “The Spirituality of Star Wars,” and also put together a collection of other interesting materials related to Star Wars. Jeremy Smith put together a list to help people prepare for watching The Force Awakens. But while there is plenty of room to talk in serious ways about spirituality and Star Wars, there are also problematic and frankly bizarre ways of doing so, too. What are you doing in what we might call this Star Wars... Read more
The person who shared this Christmas stamp from the UK suggested that it depicts Mary playing a Yamaha keyboard and Joseph with a microphone. What do you think? Read more
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