Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4570 )

• Relatively Unknown

  

  The Edinburgh Festival draws people from around the world to experience culture and fun in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Writing Life

  

  Writers are a conservative lot, in many respects. Consider the epigraph. I’ve written about this before—in modern-day publishing epigraphs require permission... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thoughts While Flying

  

  Uh-oh! I seem to be airborne. All that’s in front of me is concrete. If I don’t do something, my exposed hands will hit first. Tuck, and try not to hit your... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Final Stretch

  

  There comes a point, in my experience of book writing, when you can think of nothing else. This is near the end of the process. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Horizontal Thinking

  

  “Theology” is a word that means very different things in different contexts. I dislike labels in general and I seldom call myself a “theologian” since that... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No Animals Harmed

  

  Out for a walk after work the other day, I spied a black cat. Not the superstitious sort, I didn’t let this deter me from continuing on. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Theofantastique Interview

  

  Two times. In my “professional” life I’ve been interviewed only twice (not counting, of course, far too many job interviews). The first time was as a talking... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Myth and Magic

  

  Magic and religion are difficult to tell apart. Scholars have known this for some time, but don’t often say anything about it for fear of offending. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In Praise of Paper

  

  I’m working on embracing the electronic age. No doubt it’s convenient. And fast! Publishing is, and always has been, a slow industry. As connoisseurs of anythin... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Suddenly Spring

  

  Maybe it’s just a sign of passing years, but spring seems much more sudden to me now. One day I’m wearing multiple layers and shivering in the mornings and the... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Six Impossible Things

  

  Solipsism, as a philosophy, has its attractions. The idea behind it is that since all we can truly know is our self, the self is the only being that really... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Different Kind of Salvation

  

  It’s encouraging and disheartening all at the same time. And seldom has the evil of money been so obvious. Last night I attended an environmental panel... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• When Like Rome

  

  Among the constant topics of discussion, both in the academy and in its publishing ancillaries, is the loss of interest in religion. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Self-Convinced

  

  Like many people, I suppose that my own views are right. All people think this, I suspect, otherwise they’d change their point of view. Unless they’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Vapid

  

  The smoke encircled his head like a thief. And not in a saintly way. I was going to have to rethink this. You see, the culture of the early morning commute is... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thunderers

  

  “Storms are the embodiment of Mother Nature’s flair for the dramatic, and the words that we use to write about them are infused with that drama,”—the words... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sustain Chapel

  

  It seems that holidays come thick and fast in the spring, especially when Earth Day follows directly on the heels of Easter. Given the hard time mother earth ha... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rise Again

  

  Resurrection, as I argue elsewhere, is a scary thing. Since today’s Easter, at least in the western Christian world, people are—or should be—thinking about... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Look Out Below

  

  Demons are seldom what you think they are. Bernard J. Bamberger’s Fallen Angels: Soldiers of Satan’s Realm isn’t so much about demons as it is about, well,... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Discriminating Tests

  

  That explains it. That glow coming through the window as I got out of bed this morning is the full moon. Since this is the first full moon after the vernal... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY