Steveawiggins
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Sects and Violence in the Ancient World
http://sawiggins.wordpress.com/
A blog that tries to find intelligent things to say about religion and related subjects.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 4078 )
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Bigger Picture
One of the quirks of my thought process is that I tend to look for the bigger picture. I’ve always done this and I suspect it drives some people batty when the... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Monster v. Alien
“Horror” is a faulty genre category. Nobody quite knows where its boundaries lie. Take Predator, for instance. I recently watched it for the first time... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Forewarning
The Devil’s Advocates series, as you learn from pitching and writing one, promotes alternative views on horror films. Adrian Schober’s treatment of The Omen... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Not a Peep
Time changes everything. Peeping Tom, which has been on my list for some years, was castigated when it was released in 1960. Now it’s considered a classic. Read more
Posted on 15 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Finding Books
This is a public service announcement to those who try to find books that aren’t issued by one of the big publishers. I’m not shy about saying that my books al... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Iron Age Angst
Browsing can lead to unexpected finds. Such is the magic of bookstores. Most of the books I read are recommended to me either through online sources or from... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Different Legion
Religion and horror can play well together. They can also be unevenly matched. Although Legion has been on my list since shortly after it came out, my impressio... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Hooting in the Dark
Animals fascinate me. I picked up Martin Windrow’s The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar: Living with a Tawny Owl at a used book sale. Honestly, the cute photo... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Filming the Void
Once you move away from major studios, it turns out that Lovecraftian horror is rather prevalent. Seeing that The Void was rated higher than many offerings on... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Time Flees
I can’t speak for all early risers, of course, but for me the absolute worst thing about this useless tradition of switching to Daylight Saving Time is the... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Look Out Beneath
Rainy weekend afternoons were made for monster flicks. That’s what I was thinking when I settled on The Devil Below. I was also thinking, “this is free on Amazo... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Boo-Boo
After an unfortunate encounter with a paper-cutter in which one of my thumbs didn’t fare so well, I sought a bandage. This led me on a reverie since the bandag... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Third
I don’t know what possessed me—and I use that verb intentionally—to suggest Shrek the Third for weekend viewing. Apart from a Rosemary’s Baby and Exorcist mashu... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Verb Choice
I can’t remember who started it. Somehow, though, when I watch movies on Amazon Prime, the closed captioning kicks in. I generally don’t mind this too much... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Different Zone
I haven’t read Stephen King’s The Dead Zone yet, but it’s on my list. That’s why I was a little reluctant to watch the movie. It was free on Amazon Prime,... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Web Dark
I know, I know. My hours are odd, but I’m not the only one awake at this time. So home alone one weekend—hands slapping sides of face, mouth gaping open—I... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Little Flat
I remember hearing about Flatliners when it came out. It was during an era when I wasn’t watching many movies and the idea of a movie all about dying bothered... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Bookseller’s Son
Be kind. One of the best reasons, apart from innate rightness, is that we don’t know the burdens other people carry. Yes, some will tell us and others will... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Keeping Time
How we keep time (or better, mark time) is fascinating to me. Unlike our concept of schedules, the earth’s revolution and rotation do not give us evenly long... Read more
Posted on 29 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Though This Be Madness
Shakespeare could turn a phrase, alright. Along with the Bible he’s one of the two most unwittingly quoted sources in the English language. But he liked to... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY