There are a wide array of videos related to the Gospel of Thomas available online, collected on the Gospel of Thomas website. They include a Gospel of Thomas movie the delivery of which is customizable. Here’s one version that is on YouTube, courtesy of Mark Goodacre’s blog: There are also excerpts from documentaries such as this one: and a lecture by Dale Martin: Read more
There’s a relatively new feature on the Patheos website: Patheos Public Square. The current topic is “Does America Need a Civil Religion?” Read more
Joel Watts shared some of the tweets from conservative Christians about the upcoming History Channel documentary series, “Bible Secrets Revealed“: Read more
I was delighted to get to hear the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra perform tonight, although dismayed that I had to leave at intermission. My son wasn’t feeling well, probably as a result of Halloween partying and candy consumption. But the first half was, fortunately, the part that I was most excited about. I love music of the late Romantic era, and the first half of the program was Gustav Mahler’s Totenfeier, which later became the first movement of his Symphony No.2... Read more
Today is the religion and Doctor Who synchroblog! Here’s what I’m aware of so far on other blogs: Jack Collins has been live-blogging (or live micro-blogging) the Religion and Doctor Who conference at the University of Manchester. He started with his arrival, then the amazing library, then his panel having gone well, and having spoiled what others were planning to say. And apparently he even made a connection between Donna Noble and the dangers of theosis! I hope he’ll flesh... Read more
For some reason I thought this might give some history nerds who are also pop music fans a chuckle. I decided that having Miley Cyrus twerking in the chariot might be a bit too risqué for this blog. Read more
I was tempted to call this post something like “Don’t accept a slippery slope argument unless it is from a geocentrist in an arranged marriage” but that seemed a bit too long for a title. Eric Reitan has been posting about slippery slope arguments, tackling them in detail in order to show how they are problematic. As for myself, I think that slippery slope arguments should be dismissed outright when they are offered by anyone who is already on the... Read more
There are so many wonderful little details in Doctor Who that one is liable to miss the first time around. For instance, how did I miss until recently that, in the episode “The End of the World,” a computer makes the following announcement: Shuttles five and six now docking. Guests are reminded that Platform One forbids the use of weapons, teleportation and religion. Earth death is scheduled for 15:39, followed by drinks in the Manchester suite. There are lots of... Read more
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