Via Jerry Coyne. If the ancient Egyptians were right, then dogs are in trouble. As are we all… Read more
Via Jerry Coyne. If the ancient Egyptians were right, then dogs are in trouble. As are we all… Read more
The title is the first thing that popped into my head when I saw that Peter Kirby had a round-up of 50 blogs abuzz about the so-called Gospel of Jesus’ Wife fragment. I’m grateful that my previous round-up was one of the ones he chose to include. Among recent scholarly posts, see those by Brice Jones, April DeConick, Christian Askeland, Larry Hurtado, Mark Goodacre, Jim Davila, Anthony LeDonne, and Francis Watson (hosted by Mark Goodacre). And of course, still see the articles... Read more
I have blogged in the past about just how obscene a notion it is that removing prayer, or displays of the ten commandments, from schools, is an explanation of why shootings occur there. Such claims are in fact an attempt by those who have failed to raise their children to not shoot others, and given them easy access to guns, to make themselves feel better by passing the blame onto others. But I did like this cartoon, with its suggestion... Read more
A recent post on the blog an und für sich offers both an insightful retrospective on the nature of liberal theology (including noting the irony of the classic language of “husk vs. kernel” which ends up looking a lot like the “letter vs. spirit” dichotomy of supercessionist theologies), and a vision for the future. Here is a long excerpt from that second section: I take ‘liberal’ theology, in its most positive form, to be a dynamic set of interventions and... Read more
Two things of interest via IO9. First is a trailer from a movie, “I Origins,” which explores the story of a scientist trying to make sense of evidence he encounters that there are aspects of existence beyond what science can explain: Second, there is a post on the impact of spirituality on the legacy of Battlestar Galactica. Read more
Despite having received criticism the last time he did so, C. Michael Patton has posted these two images again, which are supposed to compare how Christianity started with how all other religions started: The first image is simply wrong, unless Patton accepts certain extracanonical texts as historically reliable. The Gospel of Peter depicts a scene with Jesus exiting the tomb. The New Testament Gospels depict people finding the tomb empty, not people witnessing the resurrection. John 14:22 explicitly has one... Read more
The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Jon Stewart offers an insightful treatment of some Christians’ reactions to the Noah movie. Read more
Via Mrs. Betty Bowers on Facebook. This is a new version of something of hers that I shared a couple of years ago. Read more
Via Jim Davila I learned that Harvard Magazine has an article which explains why announcing the results of the scientific dating of the fragment known as the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife took so long, and what the outcome is at the end of that process. Larry Hurtado also mentioned the breaking news, with links to the Harvard Divinity School website and from there to the relevant articles in the latest issue of Harvard Theological Review. Apparently the second attempt at... Read more
Yesterday the information literacy video I made almost a year ago reached 10,000 views on YouTube. Thank you to everyone who has watched and/or shared it. It seems as though I ought to do something more to mark the occasion. Is it time for another educational musical parody? What about a song about footnotes and references, called “Cited Work” – to the tune of Katy Perry’s “Firework”? Read more
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