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December 2013

December 04, 2013

Johnny Walker reviews The Only True God

Over at the blog Freedom in Orthodox, there is a review of my book The...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Review of The Evolution of Adam

I adapted a review I wrote for this blog of Pete Enns' book Evolution of Adam,...

November 28, 2013

Review of The First Thanksgiving

I confess that I accepted with some reluctance the invitation to participate in the Patheos...

October 2013

October 04, 2013

IO9 on Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy

IO9 posted a review of Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy. Here is an excerpt from the...

September 2013

September 04, 2013

MaddAddamology

My review of Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy has appeared in The Marginalia Review of Books. Click...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

Review of Is This Not the Carpenter?

The review I wrote of Is This Not the Carpenter?: The Question of the Historicity...

July 2013

July 01, 2013

Breaking News: I May Be Neither Incompetent Nor Dishonest!

Tom Verenna posted a response to some of Neil Godfrey's name-calling. It includes the following:...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Vridar Returns (and a Review of a Review of a Review)

Before Vridar had been shut down as a result of a copyright complaint from Joel Watts,...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

Left Behind in a Nutshell

A quote from the latest post in Fred Clark's ongoing review of the Left Behind...

March 20, 2013

Review of Candida Moss, The Myth of Persecution

I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to participate in a blog tour...

December 2012

December 22, 2012

Patheos Book Club: Do Jews, Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

For the Patheos Book Club centered on the book Do Jews, Christians, and Muslims Worship...

December 05, 2012

Review of Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood

I'm grateful to Rachel Held Evans for having sent me an advance review copy of...

October 2012

October 06, 2012

Undead (Guest Post by Rev. Tom Bartley)

Rev. Tom Bartley reviews the book Undead by Clay Morgan, which in its exploration of...

October 05, 2012

Review of Charles E. Gutenson, The Right Church

I responded with eagerness to the invitation to be part of the Patheos Book Club...

September 2012

September 17, 2012

Review of Seven Glorious Days, by Karl Giberson

There are many books about the early chapters of Genesis, and many books introducing readers...

September 12, 2012

A. David Lewis reviews Religion and Science Fiction

The Technorati site has a review of the book I edited, Religion and Science Fiction, written...

September 09, 2012

A Mathematical Review of Proving History by Richard Carrier

Regular commenter Ian has posted a review of Richard Carrier's recent book, focused on the...

July 2012

July 20, 2012

Review of Tim Stafford’s Miracles

I am grateful to Patheos for the privilege of being part of its book club...

April 2012

April 13, 2012

Review of Bart Ehrman, Did Jesus Exist? Part Two

This is the second part of my review of Bart Ehrman's book Did Jesus Exist?:...

March 2012

March 20, 2012

Matthew Morgenstern reviews Charles Häberl’s The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr

Here's the conclusion from a review of the book The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr by...

January 2012

January 28, 2012

Review of Roberge, The Paraphrase of Shem

My review of Michel Roberge's book The Paraphrase of Shem (NH VII,1): Introduction, Translation and Commentary...

January 25, 2012

Jeff Carter Blogs About The Only True God

Jeff Carter has been reading my book The Only True God and yesterday he blogged...

January 01, 2012

Why Would Someone Do That?

I took a glance to see how Religion and Science Fiction is doing on Amazon.com,...

December 2011

December 18, 2011

Review Revisited: James Herrick’s Scientific Mythologies

A long time ago, in a parallel blogoverse, I reviewed James Herrick's book Scientific Mythologies....

October 2011

October 23, 2011

Review of Jesus, Gnosis and Dogma

My review of the book Jesus, Gnosis and Dogma by Riemer Roukema has been posted...

October 16, 2011

Quote of the Day (From a Review of Jesus Potter Harry Christ by Bob O’Hara)

Bob O'Hara has written a review of Jesus Potter Harry Christ: The Fascinating Parallels Between...

October 04, 2011

A Hitchhiker’s Guide To Jesus: In Which Norm’s Experiences Illustrate Important Matters for Students and Professors Alike

This is the second part of my blog review of A Hitchhiker's Guide to Jesus...

October 03, 2011

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus: Day One of a Multi-Blog Adventure

Several other bloggers who are participating in the Hitchhiker's Guide to Jesus blog tour which...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Rod of Alexandria on Religion and Science Fiction

Rod has finished blogging through Religion and Science Fiction over at Political Jesus. I must...

September 10, 2011

Rod is Reviewing Religion and Science Fiction

Rod of Alexandria has begun reading and reviewing <i>Religion and Science Fiction</i>. He is already...

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