Steveawiggins

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• After the Gold Rush

  

  The morning I flew to Chicago for the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting, the headlines in the morning paper were... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dreaming of a Black Xmas

  

  By my best reckoning, Thanksgiving has not yet taken place this year. Since Halloween, such as it was, is now over, we must still be in November. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• AAR/SBL Chicago

  

  On just about any playground you’ll spot the kid who’s watching from the side, instead of playing with the others. That’s me. I don’t suspect that anyone... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2012 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Night of the Johnstown Flood

  

  Floods always have a whiff of old Noah about them. I first heard of the Johnstown flood from a minister who has had a profound impact on my life. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Hunter

  

  Orion seems to have tripped in his journey across the sky last night. I can remember being told of generals falling in battle, and now I hear how they fall in... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Say Can You See

  

  Remakes of classics. It is my sense that a classic has earned its place in its own constellation for a reason. Remakes seldom attain the je ne sais quoi of the... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, RELIGION

• Bedrock

  

  Sadly it is a rare occasion to read a truly stupendous book. There are lots of wonderful books in the libraries of the world, great and small. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 BOOKS, POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Star Tract

  

  Over the past few years my wife and I have been watching the episodes of Star Trek (original series; please, we are connoisseurs). Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT

• True Colors

  

  I’ve been on the losing side of my share of elections (although it feels like far more than my share), but I’m amazed at the character of the GOP that has come... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gitche Gumee

  

  Up on the rugged western shore of Lake Superior the lamp atop Split Rock Lighthouse will be illuminated for the only time this year tonight. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY, SOCIETY

• November’s Vampires

  

  It may have been the year without a Halloween here in the northeast coastal region of the United States, but it looks like some of the spirit has persisted... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• True Myth

  

  A friend of mine, I am glad to see, has started a blog. I’ve mentioned K. Marvin Bruce (“Marvin”) before on my blog, but his situation is such that job and... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Substance of Faith

  

  Every once in a very great while, faith is rewarded. I’m not talking about the faith that is bound up in black leather, inaccessible to realists who struggle... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Vote!

  

  “Remember, remember the fifth of November.” Election day is upon us and my mind goes to V for Vendetta. The movie is about oppressive regimes and, more... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hard to Digest

  

  Sweeny Todd has never been one of my favorite shows, but the dark humor and gratuitous bloodshed made it seem somehow appropriate as a November movie after a... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lessons from Sandy

  

  While many are still without power and school is cancelled for an unprecedented sixth day in a row, the eastern Mid-Atlantic states are still recovering from... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Big Top

  

  Being raised by a woman who staunchly kept her evangelical faith no matter what the world threw at her has undoubtedly left a deep impression on me. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Two Swords

  

  One of the more interesting situations to emerge from Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath was the celebration of Halloween. I know that I’ve already lost some readers... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• For Saints, All

  The year without a winter has also become the year without a Halloween. As the first surge of Sandy made herself felt, we were among the 5 million households... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Puny Windstorm

  

  Nothing says wrath of God like a hurricane. Those of us along the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States are hunkered down wondering what’s to become of daily... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY