{"id":1864,"date":"2009-12-09T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/belief-and-beliefs-around-the-blogosphere\/"},"modified":"2009-12-09T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T09:14:00","slug":"belief-and-beliefs-around-the-blogosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/belief-and-beliefs-around-the-blogosphere.html","title":{"rendered":"Belief and Beliefs around the Blogosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
One of the interesting-looking books I picked up at SBL this year was Paul Was Not a Christian: The Original Message of a Misunderstood Apostle<\/a>\"\"<\/em> by Pamela Eisenbaum. I have not read it yet, but Religion Dispatches has an article by her<\/a> that gives some indication of the points made in the book.<\/div>\n
Henry Neufeld has joined in the conversation<\/a> about essentials and the relative importance of various beliefs and practices. And both Hemant Mehta<\/a> and Clay Naff<\/a> have noted an important piece of news which may test legislation which bars atheists from public office.<\/div>\n
It was also exciting to see that Bible and Interpretation<\/a> picked up on and linked to my piece about the Conservative Bible Project<\/a>. And if you are interested in studying at St. Andrews, don\u2019t miss Jim Davila\u2019s post about scholarships<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Peje Iesous has an interview with Stephen Patterson<\/a>. D. Miller blogs about Paul and the end of the world<\/a>. Ken Schenck has more disagreement and disorder at Corinth<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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And since we\u2019re on the subject of beliefs, thanks to Daniel Florien<\/a> for sharing this comic strip:<\/div>\n

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