Steveawiggins

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• Son of Comfort

  

  So the other day I was reading a book proposal for another editor.  It mentioned the mononymous Barnabas.  Since the proposal wasn’t from a biblical scholar I... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Look It Up

  

  Say you remember something, but imperfectly.  Maybe it’s from years ago.  You have distinct recollection of a word or two, but other details (author’s name,... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Masking the Devil

  

  There are many books on the Devil. In fact, entire horror movies such as The Ninth Gate are based on that fact. Since writing a book on demons (Nightmares with... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Leathers

  

  It’s an occupational hazard for the vegan Bible editor.  Leather.  Leather Bibles, although expensive, are popular.  If you want free fetishistic deliveries of... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Learning to Fly

  

  “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” This quote originates with David Cronenberg’s The Fly. Of course, after watching the original, how could I not watch its... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sacred Sites

  

  The sacred is hard to define.  Calling it “holy”is only to pass the buck, and I can’t get beyond the feeling that we need something more up-to-date than Rudolf... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Spring Forward

  

  Spring officially arrives in the northern hemisphere today.  Days will be longer than nights for six months after this and many pagans will be celebrating... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Really New

  

  It’s called the New Books Network. I have no idea what its stats are, but it is a place to get word out about your book that the academy has apparently... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Future Ministry

  

  I’ve been on the Green Committee at work almost since I started the job. Occasionally for Earth Day we’ll have a book discussion. Usually it revolves around... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Going Green

  

  It’s easy to get eager at this point in the year.  A month and a half after Groundhog Day, we’re at St. Patrick’s, and just a few days from the equinox itself. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thinking, Critically

  

  A woman—I don’t know her name—photobombed a Russian newscast with a sign telling the Russian people that they’re being lied to.  Detained by police, her... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Monasticism

  

  The other day I was reading about monasticism (as one does), and something curious occurred.  The article, which was describing a famous monastery, mentioned... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• D Evil

  

  The Devil, they say, is in the details. T. J. Wray and Gregory Mobley look into those details in The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil’s Biblical Roots. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Saving What?

  

  It’s soul-tormenting.  For those who always awake in the dark, February starts to offer the hope of some early morning light.  It brings cheer and optimism... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thinking About It Made Me Do It, I Suppose. Watch The Fly...

  

  Thinking about it made me do it, I suppose. Watch The Fly, that is. This is a movie I grew up knowing about. I knew the basic plot but somehow was never in the... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lenten Friday

  

  I thought something was on fire when I first saw it.  A plume of black smoke rising against a backdrop of lowering, sullen clouds in a late winter sky.  Then I... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Discovering Diaries

  

  When you move, there are always things that get lost.  I wrote about Nietzsche recently, but one of the puzzles from my latest move, now approaching four years... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• When Bible Met Horror

  

  My colleague (if I may be so bold) Brandon Grafius has recently published a piece titled “What Can Horror Teach Us about the Bible?” in Sojourners. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In War’s Domain

  

  Good for absolutely nothing, to borrow the wisdom of Edwin Starr, war has again marred Europe.  We could see it coming from afar because people keep electing... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ghost Religion

  

  Ghosts are back in.  If they were ever out, that is.  A recent article by Daniel S. Wise in Religion Dispatches asks “What Can a Real Life Haunting Tell Us abou... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY