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January 2010

January 08, 2010

Dollhouse at the End of the World

If Dollhouse is any indication of what having a definite end in sight does to...

January 08, 2010

Jim West is Back

Jim West is apparently back (thanks to Loren Rosson for drawing attention to this fulfillment of...

January 08, 2010

Scrutinizing the Sci-Fi Syllabus

I've spent the morning thus far trying to finalize my syllabus for Religion and Science...

January 07, 2010

Linguistics and the Dating of Texts

I first spotted the news about the decipherment of a 10th-century BC inscription, which turned...

January 07, 2010

Conflicting Views on Religion and Science Fiction

I spent quite a bit of today (when I wasn't shoveling snow) working on finalizing...

January 07, 2010

The Human Spark

I watched The Human Spark on PBS last night, a show about human evolution and...

January 07, 2010

Mind The Gap

Rocky Carvel posted today about the tension between losing the Biblical moorings of conservative Christianity...

January 06, 2010

Clarence Goodwin Chair of New Testament Language and Literature

Last semester, my department chair discovered that there is an endowed chair at Butler University...

January 06, 2010

Pop Culture and Philosophy: Best Book Subtitles Ever?

There are a number of volumes in the series Popular Culture and Philosophy (from Open...

January 06, 2010

When Jim West Is Away, The Cats Can Play

Jim West was famous for many things, among which hatred for cats. And so now...

January 06, 2010

Creationists Are Not Stupid

The Panda's Thumb reproduces a speech by James Downard which argues that it is not...

January 06, 2010

Biblioblogs in the Top List on Technorati (Including Exploring Our Matrix!)

Thanks to Jim Davila (whose own blog is also in the top 100 list) I...

January 05, 2010

It’s Not Too Late To Start Watching LOST

If you've long wanted to start watching LOST, but didn't think you could get caught...

January 05, 2010

An Ambiguous Garden In The Desert

The polyvalent religious imagery and language was back again on Heroes tonight [SPOILERS in what...

January 04, 2010

The Return of NT Wrong and the Biblioblog Top 50

NT Wrong (of Durham, North Carolina) has decided to produce another monthly Top 50 of...

January 04, 2010

Blog Stats For 2009

John Hobbins seems to think that we all should post our annual blog stats. I...

January 04, 2010

Religion and Science Fiction: Short Story Anthologies

There have been several good collections of science fiction short stories that touch on religious...

January 04, 2010

Pick One Of Three

Diglotting asks for input about which of three books on monotheism and Christology you would...

January 04, 2010

Global Who’s Who

It is nice to receive an e-mail that actually uses my name from a "Who's...

January 04, 2010

Sci-Fi and Other Connections

Although there has always been a fan base that has discussed science fiction worlds in...

January 02, 2010

A Closer Look At The LOST Supper

The DocArtz blog has a clearer picture of the LOST "Last Supper" image, as well...

January 02, 2010

Gods, Gospels, and Gotta Think of a Third “G”

Let's start with Faithful Progressive's post explaining that the personal God rejected by the "new...

January 02, 2010

A Day In The Sidebar

It seems I've spent the day 'in the sidebar' today - writing comments and reading...

January 01, 2010

#1 Biblioblogger Spot Now Open?

I tried to find a humorous headline for what is in fact a sad (or...

January 01, 2010

Atheists and Pantheists and Panentheists – Oh My!

John Hobbins asks if I'm a pantheist. Well, am I? If I am, then so...

January 01, 2010

Happy New Year!

December 2009

December 31, 2009

We’re All #1 Meme

To end the old year/begin the new year right, I thought I'd provide a fun antidote (or...

December 31, 2009

Total Eclipse of the Literalists

I'm not sure if this video is a useful illustration of the dangers of literalism....

December 31, 2009

The LOST Supper

Fans of Battlestar Galactica will remember the Last Supper photo taken in connection with that...

December 31, 2009

The War On New Year

Since the war on new year shows no sign of abating, I have decided to...

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