Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4648 )

• Disconnect the Dots

  

  In the on-going loss of touch between academia and the world outside, we forever hear of the triumphal march of secularism. Academics are often loath to see... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Floaters and Swimmers

  Noah seems to have found a renewed audience these days. Nothing like a major motion picture to make even one of the most famous biblical characters even more... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Heaven Can Wait

  

  “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.” So the jingle goes. Or went. I’ve only met my upstairs neighbors once. Twice now. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sowing the Wind

  

  On May 31 in 1985, I was working at a church camp outside Uniontown, Pennsylvania when some severe storms rolled through the area. I had trouble sleeping throug... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Heavenly Beings

  

  Religious tolerance suggests that it’s less important what you believe than it is that you believe. After all, where you are born—socioeconomically as well as... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Paying Goliath

  

  A friend pointed me to the story of David and Goliath. Well, actually, it was the Malcolm Gladwell story of David and Goliath. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Clash of the Watchers

  

  I don’t know about you, but I think I got gypped with my Bible. I have just come out of Noah where I saw amazing sights and a seriously troubled Noah to whom Go... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rocket Cats

  

  A few weeks ago the Internet’s attention was captured (if such a thing is possible) by rocket cats. Apparently the brain-child of sixteenth-century artillery... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Making Sense

  

  Science is more than meets the eye. Even since I was a child I’ve tried to follow what I can of science without a real microscope or telescope and a doctorate i... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Inhabit Eden

  

  Nashotah House, although now a name recognized by only a handful of mostly disgruntled Episcopalians, used to have a name in higher education. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• They Call It Civilization

  

  An interesting article about the Assyrians appeared in last week’s Guardian, On Art blog. The piece by Jonathan Jones, describes a piece of ancient Assyrian... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Apocalypse Then

  

  Sometimes everything blows up in your face. Literally. Simon Winchester’s Krakatoa has been on my reading list for years. Boys seem to have a fascination with... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No Noah

  

  I haven’t seen Noah yet; the timing didn’t work out this past weekend. Besides, you don’t always get to see what you want. Nevertheless, the critics are... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Steampunk Messiah

  

  Steampunk emerged as a genre of science fiction just as I was finishing seminary. It went largely unnoticed as I continued my “serious” academic work, with my... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Search for Khan

  

  Continuing with the series, I watched Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan last night. Since weekends are the only time I have for the media, I also threw in Star... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Why Crusade?

  

  An invitation to join a crusade is a dicey proposition these days. Perhaps Pastor Ock Soo Park is not aware of the burdensome theological freight the word... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Trouble with Trajectories

  

  The Bible has a way of defining lives.  I realized this at a young age, and although my experience was limited to what life reveals in a small town. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Edge

  

  Elizabeth Esther’s Girl at the End of the World is finally out. I can’t remember the last time I read a book within two weeks of its release date. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Brave Old World

  

  As we continue to evolve, it is helpful to learn where we’ve been. Besides, the title, The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE is difficult for an old Genesis... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Jesus of Hollywood

  

  What hath Hollywood to do with Boston? Not enough, apparently. In this week’s Time magazine, an article entitled “Films Are His Flock” by Josh Sanburn revisits... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY