Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4115 )

• You’re History

  

  A story from Inside Higher Ed discusses a study of history majors and their rapid decline. This occurs during a sudden onset of “job related” majors and the... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Personal Gothic

  

  As I continue work on Nightmares with the Bible, I am reminded just how influential Edgar Allan Poe has been in my life. It’s not that I read Poe every day,... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Beneath the Exorcist

  

  William Friedkin rose to fame as the director of The French Connection. William Peter Blatty had written the screenplay for the Pink Panther film, A Shot in... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Captive to Capitalism

  

  Some people are born capitalists, while others are not. I recall the old TIAA-CREF ads showing some famous thinker and stating that some of us don’t have time t... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mythic Truth

  

  “Myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.” I recently came across this quote from Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Where Was I?

  

  Finally! I have sent my proofs and the index for Holy Horror back to McFarland and I find myself in that state following intensive concentration on one thing.... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Free Cookie

  

  So, it started out as a freebee. The way I looked at it, I paid enough for my computer to justify some free software. We had Quicken on our desktop for years... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Time Taking

  

  Publishing is a slow business. In a world of instant information, such plodding may appear to be old-fashioned. Outdated. Each step of the process takes time an... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Creatio Nihilo

  

  Just when I think I’ve reconciled myself with technology, this goes and happens. These precise words, in this order, have been written before. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Christmas Time

  

  As children we can’t wait for Christmas because we’ll be getting things. Now that I’m older I try to avoid the frenzy building up to the holiday, although I loo... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Family Names

  

  Holidays are all about family. In our society where families, due to jobs, often get spread across states, if not the world, we value holidays as times to get a... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Post Thanksgiving

  

  Yesterday morning, like many others mesmerized by the commercialization of holidays, I had the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on the television. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Proof in the Pudding

  

  Writers anticipate and dread proofs. After several months of delay, I have received the proofs for Holy Horror—it should be out in the next couple of months... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dark Houses

  

  A book can be whatever an author wants it to be. When it goes through the publication process, however, it becomes a group effort. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Flight Home

  

  Although I was not looking forward to the long, late flight home scheduled for tonight, I can’t help but think there was something almost prophetic in the... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Saturdays Past

  

  Feeling somewhat between a state of self-pity and that of a salmon who couldn’t find his way upstream, I turned to horror. The weekend before Thanksgiving has... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pleasant Dreams

  

  The last time I watched Pleasantville I didn’t have this blog running to discuss it. It was also during the Obama administration where it felt more like... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Righteous City

  

  I’m a stomach sleeper, if that’s not TMI. This began many years ago when I realized that upon awaking from nightmares I was always on my back. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Odyssey in Blue

  

  Now I have the United bastardization of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” stuck in my head. This comes from listening to the same recording approximately a... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eternal Return

  

  For those of you who don’t live, eat, and breathe academic religious studies, it’s my duty to point out that the American Academy of Religion and Society of... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY