Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4674 )

• At Sea?

  

  Brian Fagan is a name I’ve long known. Not exactly the consummate stylist, he is a very prolific archaeologist and anthropologist. I’ve read a few of his books. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Trade Wars?

  

  A few friends are suffering sticker shock at the cost of Nightmares with the Bible. I offer my sincere apologies. To those in the normal world (outside academia... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Arrival

  

  Excitement that comes during the work week gets sublimated. Work, you see, is like a huge ship chugging ahead at about 30 knots. It takes some time to stop, or... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Toilet Paper Redux

  

  So we find ourselves needing to clean up again. Maybe you’ve noticed it too. Since the second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak has wiped across the nation toilet... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Discount Nightmares

  

  Pardon the additional post today, but if you wish to order Nightmares with the Bible at a 30% discount, I have a flyer I’d be glad to send and which you should... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Raven Wisdom

  

  Just twenty pages in and I was reflecting on how Christianities and the cultures they cultivated have caused so much suffering in the world. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Black Bible

  

  In such a bibliocentric culture, I wonder why we lack curiosity about the Bible. Not only do we not study it much in religion classes, we often accept it as a... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nightmares Awake!

  

  According to Amazon, Nightmares with the Bible has now been published. Authors are seldom the first to see copies of their own books, strangely enough. I... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Documented Error

  

  Back in September I wrote a post on documentaries. One of those I’d watched was Hostage to the Devil, on the life of Malachi Martin. Curious, I began looking fo... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Aging Music

  

  Poignant is the word that comes to mind. Perhaps in stark contrast to my listening to My Chemical Romance, I’ve also been listening to the latest albums by... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Constipated Democracy

  

  Vows apparently mean nothing anymore. I suppose that’s what happens when you begin your administration with “alternative facts” and keep it up for four years. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Demonic Monsters

  

  One of the perils of writing books is that you often realize something after the book has gone to the printer. Book production is a lengthy process. I... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Childhood’s End

  

  Childhood. It’s a time of many lessons that we soon learn to apply to all of life. One of those earliest lessons is “Don’t be a sore loser. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bible Lesson

  

  I was recently reading the revised preface and “To the Reader” (in draft form) for the NRSVue. In case alphabet soup’s not your thing, that’s the New Revised... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Another Turn

  

  I have read The Turn of the Screw before. Henry James’ most famous ghost story is a classic of ambiguity. My previous reading, maybe a decade ago, was in an... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Music Time

  

  Although I love music I rarely have time to listen to it. My work demands concentration and if I have music on I have trouble paying attention to the task befor... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Favorite Color

  

  Blue has always been my favorite color. Even growing up Republican, I preferred it. Like many Americans I awoke last Wednesday to a national map mostly red and... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Seeking Knowledge

  

  So, I’m doing some research into a seventeenth-eighteenth century alchemist named Johann Konrad Dippel. He lived in what would become Germany, and had a bit of ... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• State of the Nation

  

  It has been a long week. With an incumbent who refuses to tell the truth, we’ve faced three days of knuckle-biting so far and each day stirs up the butterflies... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Looking to the Stars

  

  American Indian culture fascinates me. As my usual readers know, so does the unusual. A few years back I read Ardy Sixkiller Clarke’s Encounters with Star... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY