Steveawiggins

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• Seems Reasonable

  

  Florida is a state of contrasts. A news story from the Associated Press highlights that divergence. On the lawn of the Bradford County courthouse is a monument... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dirty Laundry

  

  Wirathu may not be a household name, although Time magazine devoted an article to his teachings last week. The media has become fascinated with religiously... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Miracle of the Sun

  

  The events at Fatima in 1917 have occupied me on this blog before. Perhaps it is because of the haunting quality of the whole thing. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Something to Believe

  

  After a rough week at work, nothing helps so much as simple escapism. Thinking back to my glory days in the classroom, I remembered the movies I used to get... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Abcd

  

  Among the sensitive crowd known as biblical scholars, the chronological designations Before the Common Era (BCE) and Common Era (CE) have long been in use. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Liberty and Justice for

  

  Looks like America will be divorcing the self-proclaimed “Defense” of Marriage Act. It’s a small step, but a small step in the right direction. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Con-Ception

  

  Sometimes you see something so often it become invisible. I pass by a local cemetery every day, and it wasn’t until a friend from out of town came to visit... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Just Plain Bible

  

  Back when I was teaching Hebrew Bible in a seminary for a living, I purchased a book entitled The Bible Without Theology by Robert A. Oden Jr. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 BOOKS, RELIGION

• Guiding Girls

  

  Girl Guides are the British equivalent to the Girl Scouts. I first learned about them during the three years that I lived in the UK, although, as far as I... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Z War to End

  

  World War Z is playing in theaters and I haven’t even had time to stock up on water and canned goods. Zombies are everywhere. And we can’t say that we didn’t se... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• It’s All Gonna

  

  When I first got married, I was distressed to learn that my wife was an organ donor. Still fresh from seminary, I had yet to outgrown the theological willies... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Time in a Bottle

  

  On of the intangible tangibles of my humble job is seeing a book move from an idea to a published product. A little bit of joy rained down on my day yesterday a... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 BOOKS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Holy Hostage

  

  A chance glimpse at a textbook shelf in a university bookstore made me aware of Malachi Martin’s Hostage to the Devil, although it is several years old. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sleepy Jean

  

  Last week in the Chronicle of Higher Education, an article by Cristina Richie entitled “The Scandal of the (Female) Evangelical Mind” appeared. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Weather in Kansas

  

  In a move that threatens intellectual whiplash, the Kansas State Board of Education has backed the Next Generation Science Standards. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Supergod

  

  This weekend the most-seen UFO in the skies was the Man of Steel. I didn’t see the new Superman movie, partly because, I suppose, of my own inadequacy issues. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 RELIGION

• Lower Education

  

  Many people have asked me, as a former professor, why universities are so expensive. Ironically, many of these people are in flourishing businesses where the... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 POLITICS, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• Whatever Happened to Whimsy?

  

  American Gothic is one of my favorite paintings. I’ve never seen the original, and I know of no other paintings that Grant Wood produced, although I’m sure ther... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sweet Morality

  

  When I saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as a child, I had never heard of Roald Dahl. Although I enjoyed the movie, it was never a favorite. Like any ki... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sacred Gaze

  

  Rupert Sheldrake raises the ire of some of his fellow scientists. Science has increasingly allied itself with a strict kind of materialism, although, as... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY