Steveawiggins

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• Sodom

  

  Look!  Up in the sky!  It’s a bird!  It’s a plane!  It’s an asteroid coming to wipe out a city!  One of the cottage industries outside biblical studies is the... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Jewish and Christian Frankenstein

  

  Among my many potential book projects already started (I tend to work on several at any given time) is one on Frankenstein. I’ve read several studies of Mary... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Next Trick

  

  Book contracts make me happy.  For my next trick, I’ll be writing a book on The Wicker Man for the Devil’s Advocate series. This will be a short book, and... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Strange Happenings

  

  It all began with a lazy Saturday, back in those days of trying to make a living as an adjunct professor. People often ask why such folks don’t do more... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Druid Redux

  

  I know I’ve talked about this book before. I had cause to learn about the Druids again, and Peter Berresford Ellis’ book was handy. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Clash of the Titles

  

  Well, it seems I may be stuck in publishing for a while.  At least it’s a place to learn.  The inside story, it turns out, would be very helpful for authors to... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Banning Banning

  

  Banned Book Week gets me all aflutter. There have been years at I’m so busy that it slips by before I notice it, but each year I try to incorporate it somehow... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Discount Nightmares

  

  Now that we’re past the equinox it’s officially okay to obsess with monsters, right?  (Any excuse will do.)  Nightmares with the Bible was officially a... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Price of Monotheism

  

  Before Christianity (I’m not convinced by Marija Gimbutas’ matriarchy hypothesis, as much as I like it) many cultures recognized mother goddesses. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Festive Books

  

  The Book and Puppet Company, a small independent bookstore in Easton, Pennsylvania is unique.  Other bookstores may have puppet shows and other forms of theater. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mabon

  

  Given the immense popularity of Halloween, and the attention lavished on the solstices, it’s a little odd that Mabon is so infrequently observed. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Psychology of Religion

  

  It’s so human.  Mistaking form for substance, I mean.  A recent piece in Wired that my wife pointed out to me is titled “Psychologists Are Learning What Religio... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Seedy Delivery

  

  Call it a weird indulgence, for that it surely is.  I’ve been slowly re-collecting childhood books—really what we call “tween books” these days, but there were... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Before Current Parameters

  

  I recently had cause, for a work project, to survey which Episcopal seminaries are still around.  You see, I began my teaching career at Nashotah House. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reading Memory

  

  I recently wrote about writing too much (as if such a thing were possible).  After posting that I thought of how much the same can be said of reading. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mental Health

  

  Dark Shadows was a formative part of my childhood. I don’t recall specifics, or even how I found out about it, but I do recall watching it after school and bein... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Perspective on Distance

  

  Thirty miles can be pretty close or pretty far, depending.  This time it was pretty far.  I know the Post Office has been having trouble, but when the tracking... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thinking Plants

  

  Consider your sources.  As an erstwhile professor I grew accustomed to repeating that, and this was before the internet started up, making claims of all kinds. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rebranding

  

  Established in 1583, Edinburgh University has been a world-class research institution for centuries.  It appears in pop culture as a place of great learning... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Life of Writing

  

  One problem with being a graphomaniac is forgetting what you’ve written.  I’m glad to know I’m not alone in this.  Once we had the eminent historian Owen... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY