Steveawiggins

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• Zounds Like

  

  Liberation from the confines of academia allows for the occasional indulgence in taboo subjects. I can’t remember when I first heard of stigmata. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Power in the Blood

  

  Converts, they say, are often the worst. It matters less what the conversion is to or from, since the zeal of the newly enlightened is impossible to match. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Surface Tension

  

  Montclair, New Jersey, is distinguished by having two bookstores. On Saturdays when my wife has to work there, I sometimes come along. Apart from the pleasant... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eclipse 2017

  

  It’s the day after the eclipse. Perhaps it’s because of the internet, but the excitement about this somewhat common event reached a fever pitch. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Celestial Happenings

  

  Science fiction used to be the mainstay of my reading. Unlike a true fan, I was never exclusively devoted to it—my tastes are far too eclectic to be contained b... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Miracle on 34th Street

  

  It smelled like Christmas. I was out of the office for a rare lunchtime errand, and I had just turned the corner from Madison Avenue onto 34th Street. It hit... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Creative Religion

  

  If you ignore common sense and read this blog, you know that I try to be creative in my approach to the world. It’s bold, in my way of thinking, to claim the... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fall of the Titanosaurs

  

  If I had it all to do over again, I might well have gone into paleontology. Like most kids, I grew up fascinated with dinosaurs. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Way

  

  Part of the problem is that I’ve never been fortunate enough to learn Chinese. You see, scholars of religion are often insistent on reading scriptures in their... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thy Fandom Come

  

  It’s not hard to feel that you’re from another planet. If you were born in the sixties and had kind of a rough transition to this whole internet thing, you... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Implied of Course

  

  The American terrorist attack in Charlottesville over the weekend should have us all frightened. Despite declarations of “it couldn’t happen here,” fascism is a... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Prophecy of Hezekiah

  

  Maybe my recollection of the Gospel’s a bit hazy. I seem to remember one of the main characters of the New Testament saying something about doing unto others... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bible Hobby

  

  Hobby Lobby needs a hobby. Besides the Bible, I mean. The amorphous media has been buzzing about the new Bible Museum set to open in Washington DC soon. The... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• An Odyssey

  

  Once again in Ithaca, I find myself thinking of the classics. Although it’s difficult to believe these days, even rural Americans used to value a classic... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Movie Meaning

  

  Theology has never been my thing. Now, those who don’t parse things too finely may find that an odd statement. “This blog almost always addresses religion,” the... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Meaning What?

  

  An occasional reader will contact me to say that something I’ve been writing about for years has appeared in a major media source. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lovecraft Legacies

  

  Although long fascinated by popular culture, I’ve not really been part of any fandom. I suppose this is because my interests tend to be quite broad, and... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• On the Rocks

  

  This universe is indeed a mysterious place. You don’t have to believe in the paranormal anymore to see it. A look at the headlines makes my point. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Survival Instructions

  

  When the apocalypse comes—present political antics assure it more than any biblical prophecy—I fear for the survivors. This post is for them. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Citation Anxiety

  

  As a recovering academic, I sometimes am compelled to look when Academia.edu sends me notices. Academia, most of my academic colleagues don’t realize, is a... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY