SF Signal shared the news that a new online Encyclopedia of Science Fiction has been launched. It has an entry on religion. I mentioned this article and discussion of it on a previous occasion, but more recently Allan Bevere chimed in on whether God could have died for Klingons. Philip K. Dick and Religion has some quotes by Philip K. Dick on religion. Thom Stark is promoting a film which you will supposedly like if you like me (or can... Read more
Bob Cargill has taken the initiative (as Jim West, Mark Goodacre and Dan McClellan have already shared) in trying to get bibliobloggers organized and moving forward in planning to meet up at the Society of Biblical Literature conference in November in San Francisco. I’d like to suggest that, in view of the conference’s reunion with that of the American Academy of Religion, we throw our doors wide open and invite religion bloggers connected with AAR to join us. Click through... Read more
Theophrastus at the blog BLT nominated this as the “worst false antithesis of the week”: “Do we want a candidate who is a good, moral person — or one who is a born-again follower of the lord Jesus Christ?” – Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, at the Values Voter Summit To which the following comment was added that made me laugh out loud: “Monty, I think I’ll go with door #1!” Read more
And if you are interested in a minimalist treatment of a wider range of religious texts, then this may be of interest… Read more
I was tempted to write off this episode of Torchwood as simply a serving of horror for its own sake. Even for someone who has followed the X-Files and Fringe, and watched The Road, this episode still seemed graphically gory. But a little thought made me realize that there is poignant depth to this particular episode. The question Gwen poses to a member of the cannibalistic village that every ten years “harvests” human beings to use for meat gets at... Read more
Another great cartoon via Danut Manastireanu Read more
Digital, technological and information literacy are increasingly major focuses of mine in my teaching. But I am also involved in a committee at my university that focuses on emerging technologies and their relation to our work as educators. One question that we found ourselves pondering at a recent meeting is this one: What are the essential technological skills and abilities that all students in our day and age ought to have, whether as prerequisites before starting university, or as things... Read more
I had seen several people mention this tweet from Westboro Baptist Church before, but didn’t notice until this blog pointed it out the ironic detail at the bottom… Read more
HT Dănuţ Mănăstireanu (originally from the Boston Herald) Read more
David Burnett has begun a series of interviews on the topic of monotheism and Biblical studies, over on his blog The Time Has Been Shortened. The first interviewee is Nathan MacDonald, whose work in this area I’m sure will be familiar to many readers. If this field interests you, why not click through and take a look? I’ll be participating later in the series, as will Michael Heiser and Larry Hurtado. Read more
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