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June 2012
June 27, 2012
Aphrodiphobia, Part III: Prolegomena to Some Theology About Sexuality
In the original essay that I am reworking in these blogs, at this point I...
June 26, 2012
Aphrodiphobia, Part II: Origins of the Sistine Heresy
When I was teaching church history at Holy Family College in the early 1980s, I...
June 23, 2012
Aphrodiphobia, the Sistine Heresy, and Ecstasy, Part I
"If Catholicism were really like what Greeley describes, there would be no need for the...
June 22, 2012
An Evolutionary Model for New Religious Movements
I proposed a few days ago that all religions begin as new religions. Let’s look...
June 20, 2012
In a recent blog about the conversion of one of Patheos’s bloggers, Lise (hey, Lise!...
June 17, 2012
All Religions Begin as New Religions
All religions have at least one foundational myth as well as an actual history. The...
June 16, 2012
Why Wicca Is a Major World Religion
Gerald Brosseau Gardner, that strange retired Englishman, created Wicca because he could not find an...
June 15, 2012
Thirteen Suggestions for Parents
1. If you don’t want your son to lie, don’t punish him for telling the...
June 14, 2012
Rummaging through the boxes of books still stored out in the garage, I came across...
June 13, 2012
A Very Strange Novel About Witches and Gnostics
As a writer, I have always been fascinated by historical puzzles, about how various religions...
June 12, 2012
The End of My Catholic Boyhood
In order for you, dear reader, to see why I think about religion as I...
June 11, 2012
“Human Life Is Sacred”: My Foray Into Blogging
I’m rather excited. Friendship with Star recently ambushed us both—so I have begun writing on...
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