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LATEST ARTICLES ( 4674 )

• Royal Reading

  

  Post-Christian America still reads its Bible. One of the perks, such as it is, of working with Bibles is getting such vital news early. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Star Tracks

  

  Long ago in a galaxy far away—1979 in rural western Pennsylvania, to be precise—the local inhabitants were surprised to learn that James T. Kirk was now an... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Varieties of Biblical Experience

  

  Working with Bibles can be a heady experience. I mean, the sheer numbers are staggering. A whole herd of cattle must be slain annually just to manufacture the... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Cthulhu You Knew

  

  The word “fan,” an apocopated form of “fanatic,” is a word borrowed from the realm of religion. Most often associated with sports, it can refer to any overly... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Baptizing Virgil

  

  Dante Alighieri was curious as to Heaven and Hell. Like most mortals, he wasn’t sure of his way around and so he needed a guide. Descending to the nether... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bread Line

  

  “Her smoke rises up forever,” apart from describing the fall of Babylon the Great, can also describe our toaster. The thing has been with us for many years now... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• 10 More Questions

  

  I don’t watch television. This is not some moralizing, high-brow stance—it’s just the fact that it isn’t cost-effective with the little time I have for the tube... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shining Meaning

  

  Writing with the hopes of eventually being included in the Western Canon, I suspect, is often somewhere in the back of an author’s mind. We want our efforts to... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Prehistoric Steps

  

  Britain has always had a share in the great events of the past (speaking strictly from a western hemisphere point of view). Not only did the ten “lost tribes” o... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Raptor Attention

  

  Comments on internet sites are quite revealing. Not that many comments ever make their jolly way to this blog, but, like many people I spend too much time on th... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No, Uh

  

  “Give me any two pages of the Bible and I’ll give you a picture.” The words belong to Cecil B. DeMille, according to Stephen Whitty’s weekend write-up about... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Holy Hollow

  

  Everyone wants to belong, to fit in. Growing up, I seldom felt I managed it. When you’re very young you don’t know enough to notice that you are more... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Med Ed

  

  I’m not really the one who should be on oxygen in this situation. It was a routine, scheduled oral surgery for a impacted wisdom tooth. Not mine, but my... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Witch Way

  

  Women generally bear the brunt of religious intolerance. This is an evil that has proven tenacious and insidious, and which has played out in history far too... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Under Fire

  

  The tragedy that has been unfolding in the Ukraine has brought to light some unlikely heroes. A story on NBC last week showcased, albeit briefly, priests on... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Weathering the Psalms

  

  Book contracts make me happy. In the case of an academic out of water,they are rare. Few people care what a PhD has to say unless s/he has a university... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Toy Story

  

  As a life-long pacifist, it might seem strange that I find myself waxing sentimental over a military-themed toy. You see, I just found out that G. I. Joe is... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mad Charles

  

  Moving to New Jersey was made easier by Weird N.J. I found out about the magazine while still domiciled in Wisconsin when the series of books produced a Weird... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Faithful Places

  

  Is there any more American a diversion than the road trip? Those of us who live on large land masses with relative ease of travel sometimes like to go for, well... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dromedary Dilemma

  

  Photo credit: John O’Neill, WikiCommonsnews storiesproblems for ZionistsAbraham, as the progenitor of the three major monotheistic religions, bears a... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY