Of course, in real life Jesus’ skin color was probably closer to that of Trayvon Martin’s than that of most of the actors that have played him in movies. Just take a look at any Middle Eastern person who spends as much time in the sun as Jesus is supposed to have… Read more
A cartoon from ASBO Jesus: Read more
Here’s a round-up of the latest on the Talpiot tombs and related matters. James Tabor blogged that some seem inclined to say that the image on the ossuary is “anything but a fish.” Bob Cargill agrees. Bob also commented on Nina Burleigh’s article (the article itself is here). Antonio Lombatti has an article in The Bible and Interpretation on fish iconography in tombs. Steve Caruso has more discussion of image perspective adjustment, with examples. Tom Verenna talks about the wider... Read more
Performed by the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra at their Concerto Concert on March 25th, 2012 at the Hilbert Circle Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana. The soloists are Alex Bottoms, Danielle Yeti and Sarah Binford. Read more
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Performed by the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra at the Hilbert Circle Theater in Indianapolis yesterday. Read more
Today in my Historical Jesus class we did one of the fun activities I have incorporated into the course each time I have taught it. To give students a sense of what the Jesus Seminar has done, and what is involved in voting on the authenticity or inauthenticity of sayings and actions attributed to Jesus, we do a sort of re-enactment. I get students to bring in bags of M&Ms, and we assign equivalents to the four beads used by... Read more
The ways that people in the United States talk about race and skin color troubles me. I have long wanted to blog about this, and as I have thought about it time and time again, I kept returning in my mind to the cast of The Sarah Jane Adventures, a Doctor Who spin-off for younger viewers. Here is a photo of the main characters at one point: If you look up information about the two actors on the left side... Read more
Tonight I went to see the movie The Hunger Games with my son. It is fantastic and well deserving of all the attention it is getting. But in addition to being a movie with excitement and adventure that can be enjoyed by fans young and old, the movie also offers sharp social criticism. I won’t offer a recap here, since those who’ve already seen it will understand what I write, and those who have not can find plenty of summaries... Read more
The image above was shared by a friend on Facebook. I’m sharing it not only because it is at the intersection of religion and science fiction – an intersection I enjoy exploring both professionally and personally – but also because it helpfully highlights religion as something typically human, and the question whether artificial intelligences we create might possibly wish to explore this aspect of being human. This is, of course, one of the major focuses of my chapter “Robots, Rights,... Read more
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