Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4120 )

• For Love of English

  

  One of my most frequent imaginary dalliances is wondering what I would have done with my life if I hadn’t been raised religious. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mature Monsters

  

  When I first began this blog, generally focused on religion, I felt the need to justify posts about monsters. Now, some seven years and several books later, I... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Spirit of Equality

  

  A few weekends back I watched the new Ghostbusters in the theater. Since tuition bills loom larger than life, it takes a powerful draw to get me to spend the... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Plain Floods

  

  Floods are the stuff of legends. In fact, one of the most pervasive myths of all times is the world-wide flood. While some would see this as “evidence” that suc... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Paradise Lost

  

  Reentry is never easy. I’ve just been on a vacation in the woods of the northwest and yesterday marked, via eight hours of air travel and airport waiting, my... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hollow, Sleepy Hollow

  

  It was recently announced that Fox has renewed Sleepy Hollow for a fourth season. Please! No spoilers in the comments (as if)! I’m running a season behind so I... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Cost of Chaos

  

  Jonathan Carroll’s novels are always thought-provoking. My reading patterns tend to be driven by book sales and secondhand stores since my reading vice is... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Madness of Kings

  

  The Roman Empire ruled the known world. Christianity owes much of its form and structure to the fact that the Romans expressed their rule in a military way and... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Opposites Distract

  

  In the current political climate—and not just in the United States, as Brexit reminds us—opposites seem to be the order of the day. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Things Unseen

  

  The reductionistic mind doesn’t care for mystery. Unlike a lover, the unknown is a problem to be solved so that the march of nice, neat solutions may continue t... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sky Gods

  

  One of the unspoken prompts for writing Weathering the Psalms was the unscientific idea that God is somehow associated with the sky. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nature Worship

  

  Here I am in a natural setting, with nature close at hand. From these windows I can see mountains, a mercury-smooth lake with fish breaking its silvery sheet,... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Literally Smitten

  

  Jasper Fforde is one of those writers who blends nonsense, deep thought, constant plot twists, and polished writing into compelling novels. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Leaving Town

  

  After grousing about having too little time, today begins a trip out of town. Changing time zones, forsaking civilization, resting at a mountain lake. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Canine Mystique

  

  Anyone who spends long enough in the United Kingdom will hear about them. Not everyone believes in them, but reports of their presence are pervasive. Some call... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eve’s Apple

  

  Rituals rely on unchanging circumstances. When we attended a grocery store that was not our usual one my ritual was challenged. First I have to confess (as is... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nightmares

  

  I spend a lot of time thinking about monsters. Could there be any more statement of the obvious? The deeper issue, however, is why. Why am I, among countless... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Monkey Puzzle

  

  One of the unexpected consequences of Christian theology is the ongoing insistence in science that human beings are qualitatively different from other animals. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Equal Frights

  

  Working in Midtown Manhattan, it’s rare for a week to go by without passing through a street that’s set up for a film or television shoot. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pagan Virtue

  

  We are products of our place of birth. One of the truly amazing things about human culture is how quickly it can evolve. As biologists have noted, populations... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2016 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY