Steveawiggins

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• In God’s Name

  

  If anyone ever bothers to go through my personal zibaldones (if the word’s unfamiliar, please use the search box for my post on it) they’ll find my personal... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Strange Passions

  

  In Holy Horror I make the suggestion that Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ can be considered a horror film. It certainly has more gratuitous blood and gor... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Christian Nationalism

  

  Apparently we’ve forgotten the Second World War. In our touch-screen, never-have-to-get-off-the-couch culture of convenience, we’ve completely disregarded the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pittsburgh Demons

  

  Far be it from me to question someone else’s demons, but every story has at least two sides. After reading Bob Cranmer and Erica Manfred’s The Demon of... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Good Book Gone Bad

  

  The Bible is a book of horror. This isn’t the main point in Holy Horror, but the fact is terror is never far from the surface in the Good Book. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Defining Evangelicals

  

  Like most Americans I have trouble getting over the button-down image of Evangelicals that has now become so distinctive. In reality Evangelicalism has nothing... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Zombie Wars

  

  I suppose, rationally considered, most monsters can’t possibly exist. Maybe that’s the psychological relief required to enjoy the movies made about them. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Indie Bookstore Day

  

  Although a year can seem like a long sentence, holidays are the punctuation marks that help us make sense of and organize it. Ordinary time, such as time at... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Movie v. Book

  

  The debate is about as old as celluloid itself; which is better, the book or the movie? The response obviously depends on personal taste, and I suspect that man... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Watching Research

  

  Now that Holy Horror’s been announced, I’m at work on my next book based on horror movies. Although some people might question the aesthetic of the horror genre... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Kakistocracy

  

  While in seminary I had the interesting job of teaching a visually impaired student Greek. This wasn’t an arbitrary choice on the part of my professors since, a... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Candles Vs Demons

  

  Among scientists who write Carl Sagan has always struck me as one of the more open minded. Dedicated to the scientific method, he nonetheless admits that there... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Heavenly Questions

  

  A lot can happen when you’re in a coma. Or nothing at all. I haven’t read Kevin and Alex Malarkey’s account of the latter’s trip to Heaven during a coma, and... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Parable

  

  Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a holiday known as Earth Day. Now, Earth Day was a poor holiday. She didn’t prostitute herself to... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ouch! Ouch!

  

  The cold and flu season seems to have had an extended life this year, what with snow still falling in April and yet another week of cooler weather in the... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Situation Norman

  

  It was in a locker room. I couldn’t believe I was here. First of all, at Gordon College—that bastion of conservative Christianity. Second of all, in the same... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Private Browsing

  

  Montclair, New Jersey, is a diverting place. At least it is for me. I used to teach—strictly as an adjunct of course—at Montclair State University. And like man... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Exorcising Theology

  

  Among those curious about exorcism, the name Fr. Gabriele Amorth requires no introduction. As “the Vatican’s chief exorcist” (a claim the book makes), Fr. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dreaming Reality

  

  It was like that dream—you know, the one where you find a penny on the sidewalk, stoop down to pick it up, and discover that there are hundreds more of them. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Academia Dot

  

  The marketplace for ideas is just that. A place of commodity and exchange. We pay our professors good money (and our administrators even better) so that we can... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY