Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Unequally Yoked

Home
Catholic

Reviews/Recommendations

Select a Category 7 Quick Takes Apologetics Atheism Book Conversion Debate Tactics Debates Epistemology/Philosophy Housekeeping Ideological Turing Test Marriage Morality in Practice Parsing Catholicism Possibly Heretical Radio Reviews/Recommendations Sequence Index Spiritual Practice Uncategorized

Select a Month April 2017 March 2017 January 2017 December 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010

November 2012

November 28, 2012

The theologians Chris Hallquist doesn’t believe in

Chris Hallquist (who blogs in the Patheos Atheist channel as the Uncredible Hallq) is in...

November 27, 2012

The Invisible Church You’re Worshipping In

I ordered a copy of Three Parts Dead (and cajoled three friends into having a book...

November 26, 2012

For C.S. Lewis, Deo Gratias!

Patheos invited religious bloggers to share stories about people we're thankful for who've supported us...

November 25, 2012

“Because I am fearfully and wonderfully made”

Frankenstein is at least the great-uncle of the zombie story. The alternate title of Shelley’s...

November 24, 2012

The Man is Father of the Monster

When I saw the National Theatre’s production of Frankenstein, I thought there were two somewhat...

November 21, 2012

The Monster is Father of the Man

As I warned you, I’m taking some time before I write anything specifically about being...

November 11, 2012

Am I my schismatic’s keeper?

This post is part of a series discussing Daniel Dennett’s Breaking the Spell. By the end of...

November 10, 2012

Steelmanning one of Dennett’s arguments

This post is part of a series discussing Daniel Dennett’s Breaking the Spell. Back in the cultural...

November 09, 2012

If only I could throw dinner parties for semi-fictional characters…

I've been reading Hillary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety, and I'll admit I don't like...

November 08, 2012

Dennett’s Whirlwind Tour through Apologetics

This post is part of a series discussing Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell. As I said...

November 08, 2012

Reading Dennett’s Breaking the Spell [Index Post]

In November 2012, I read and blogged through Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell: Religion as...

November 07, 2012

Dennett’s Thesis isn’t Evidence for Very Interesting Claims

This post is part of a series discussing Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell. The main thrust of...

November 05, 2012

Put Your Moral Philosophical Hands Where We Can See Them, Dennett!

This post is part of a series discussing Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell. Very early on in...

November 04, 2012

The Bit I Liked Best About Dennett’s Book

This post is part of a series discussing Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell. Daniel Dennett is the...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

Why Won’t You Argue What I Know You Believe?

Yvain has been reading Feser's The Last Superstition, and he has an excellent gloss of one...

October 03, 2012

Unarmed Prophets Stuck in a Chinese Room

I received a comped copy of Alone with a Jihadist through Speakeasy. Aaron Taylor spent seven hours arguing...

September 2012

September 29, 2012

Contra Pangloss et Oprah

I recieved a comped copy of Glorious Ruin as part of the Patheos Book Club. This...

September 09, 2012

Zombies are like garlic, you can never have enough of either

I've subscribed to an epistolary novel, which may be of interest to readers of this...

September 03, 2012

Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant

I received a comped reviewer's copy of Beauty Will Save the World: Recovering the Human in an...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Sondheim Symposium [Sequence Index]

In the summer of 2012, I threw the best birthday party ever when I bribed...

August 30, 2012

Let Augustine Move Up a Weight Class

I got to see Restless Heart, the new Augustine biopic last night. It's not yet in...

August 27, 2012

“Careful the wish you make, wishes come true. Not free”

Yesterday, in my review of inSignificant, I started teasing the next thread of the Sondheim Symposium....

August 26, 2012

Weakness as Strength

I received a free copy of inSignificant: Why You Matter in the Surprising Way God...

August 23, 2012

“What do you wanna [stay single] for?”

I'm delighted to say that Christian H of The Thinking Grounds has sent in a...

August 16, 2012

Son of RomCom Myopia

Apropos of the discussion of romances that end with a clinch, not a child, I...

July 2012

July 16, 2012

What Can You Do in the War?

Given the way our discussion of pacifism has meandered over to a debate about martyrdom,...

July 11, 2012

A Martyr for All Seasons

Two weeks ago, I had an absolutely lovely time reading A Man for All Seasons...

July 06, 2012

Can Lethal Resistance be Loving?

I quite enjoyed reading Logan Mehl-Laituri's Reborn on the 4th of July for the Patheos...

May 2012

May 21, 2012

What are we going to do about homosocial friendship?

Last night was the season finale of Sherlock (which I hope you were all watching),...

May 08, 2012

Don’t Bring a Knife to a Book Fight

Whatever your religious affiliation, what's the first book you'd recommend to someone on the other side...