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December 2017

December 23, 2017

Virgin Birth or Incarnation? Why You Can’t Have Both

As I worked through the arguments for and against the virgin birth, the single most...

December 22, 2017

Was Jesus Intersex or Was Mary?

When I began researching the material for A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin...

December 15, 2017

Reading the Virgin Birth as Legend (or Creative Hagiography)

One of the sources I found most useful as I researched for my book, A Complicated...

December 08, 2017

Why We Don’t Need an Immaculate Conception

Today (December 8), Catholics worldwide celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. You might not...

November 2017

November 07, 2017

Liberal or Liberation Theologians on the Virgin Birth?

In Thinking About God: An Introduction to Theology, Dorothy Sölle describes what she sees as...

August 2017

August 10, 2017

“A Complicated Pregnancy” Now Available for Pre-Order

I'm happy to announce that a book I've been working on for the past two...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

The Virgin Birth and Christianity: Is it All Or Nothing?

Not long ago, I assumed my spot in my favorite coffee shop to work on...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

The Fundamentalist Heresy: Jesus was a Superhuman Person

I haven't blogged much lately. The reason for that is I've been finishing a draft...

February 2017

February 04, 2017

“Pain-in-the-Arse” Nun Says Sex Isn’t Dirty

A Spanish nun, Sister Lucia Caram, recently shocked the Catholic world when she suggested, on...

December 2016

December 23, 2016

Virgin Births aren’t as Miraculous as You Think

Virgin births are not nearly as miraculous as you think. They happen fairly regularly. Well,...

March 2016

March 01, 2016

Six Problems With the Virgin Birth: Biblical and Historical Perspective

The virgin birth of Jesus is one of the most celebrated doctrines in the New...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Was Jesus Really Born of a Virgin? (This Scholar Says “No!”)

I'm currently researching the virgin birth (more accurately: virginal conception) accounts in the gospels. I...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

The Excessive Miracle of the Virgin Birth (and Should We Believe it?)

This post is part of a special Patheos conversation: "Modern Magi on the Meaning of...

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