Steveawiggins

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• Father’s Day

  

  I’m not completely stupid. I know that the Father’s Day ads with which I’ve been peppered all month are nothing personal. They’re intended to tug at the... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shepherds and Sheep

  

  Photo credit: Spencer Means, Wikimedia CommonsThe murders in Charleston this week are part of an epidemic. The members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pope of Deliverance

  

  As I was out jogging just now, a large gasoline truck pulled across the road, stalling my attempt at healthy living. As I waited for the driver to move, I... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Doubt No Alleles

  DNA. Is there anything it can't do? For many decades anthropologists have built painstaking methods to trace developments in human culture. Those of us who've... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• American Bible

  

  Any book that sets itself the task of addressing American culture has, it seems, a built-in obsolescence. Culture shifts are radical and swift, and it would see... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Vox Humana

  

  You know how it is when you get a song stuck in your head? This is one of the few scenarios that will actually lead me to buy music. I have very specific (some... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Human Race

  

  For reasons no one fully understands, Planet of the Apes touched a deep level of responsiveness in American society. I have to admit to having fallen behind a... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• 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