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 ( 4115 )
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Work Weekend
It’s a Saturday and my wife’s at work. She’s worked five days already and will still be at work tomorrow. I’m lazing in bed until 5 a.m. when I hear the... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Christian Horrorshow
Books Culture is the review organ of Christianity Today. Christianity Today is the evangelical answer to the more liberal Christian Century. Read more
Posted on 13 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Becoming an Icon
A kid among the Monster Boomers can’t let the death of Christopher Lee go by without comment. How many hours of my childhood were spent watching movies on... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Once and Future Bible
While I may not share Timothy Beal’s view that print culture is on its way out (I harbor hopes every time I see vinyl records making appearances in stores), he... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Forest of the Subconscious
The mind is not the brain. This isn’t mystical mumbo-jumbo (although there’s nothing wrong with mystical mumbo-jumbo either). We’ve been bombarded with the... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
God on the Brain
Those of us with scientifically oriented minds, but with affinity for the less quantifiable aspects of life, tend toward academic study of the humanities. Read more
Posted on 09 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Molly Picture
Maybe I’m getting out of practice with my horror movies—I don’t have time to watch them like I used to—but Lovely Molly left me a little confused. Read more
Posted on 08 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ucb
The Flying Spaghetti Monster came onto my radar while teaching at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. I was teaching a course entitled The Bible and Current... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Science v. Evil
Can we eliminate evil? More than a question of metaphysics, this is also the title of an episode of the third season of Through the Wormhole. Read more
Posted on 06 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Scotland the Evolved
Imports and exports are the stuff of international commerce. Nations import what they require or desire from nations that have a surplus. One surplus that the... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Remember the Alamo
Midtown Manhattan is awash in litter, particularly on a Monday morning, or first thing after a holiday. I generally arrive in the city shortly after 7 a.m.,... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
America’s Book
One thing that would be difficult to overstate is the influence the Bible has had on America. In our increasingly secular society, it may seem like the Bible ha... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Asherah’s Ashes
Academics are often poor communicators. The stunning irrelevance of most research should stand as a rather obvious clue to that. Of course, I’m old school in... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Life as We Know It
A friend asked me for a book. Since my life has mostly been about books, I’m generally happy to supply what I can. This friend is a cancer survivor and wanted t... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Secular Seminary
The Nones have it. A recent article by Alana Massey from the Washington Post puts it well. We are cultural Christians living in a secular world. Read more
Posted on 31 May 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Book Ideas
Call it sour grapes. When I was a young scholar, I used to wonder how to develop book ideas. You see, at a young age—twenties or thirties—even a doctorate... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Fresh Thinking
Creativity receives an immense amount of lip service. Too bad that doesn’t correlate to actual appreciation. I’ve been working since I was 14. Read more
Posted on 29 May 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Christian Cookie
During my childhood and adolescence, we didn’t eat out. Of course, food didn’t cost nearly as much then, and it was cheaper to cook raw ingredients at home... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
O My Stars
I know many conservative religious believers. I also know a lot of nones and atheists. One thing they all have in common is that they want to believe the... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Scientific Voices
Science requires translation. Even very intelligent people in other fields of study have trouble understanding what scientists have been saying. That’s why... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY