Category Archives: the sacred and the secular

July 9, 2008
Pagan Christianity :: Reviewing Reviews– also posted in Practices

I love to read reviews.  I come by this honestly.  Contrary to what some think about grad students, we don’t have all the time in the world to read books.  I therefore must reply on the judgement of reviewers to help me select books for consumption and integration into my life and thought processes. 
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February 13, 2008
The Sanctity of Biblish.– also posted in Creeds, The Bible, translation issues

Should we hold Biblish as sacred? More importantly, do we hold Biblish as sacred? Over at He is Sufficient ElShaddai Edwards takes up this question in response to Kevin P. Edgecomb’s who argued the following in response to John Hobbins talking about the nature of the English used in the CEV and NLT.
Edgecomb [...]

September 9, 2007
Religion in Schools

Its not what you think. I had the privilege of listening to a lecture (audio at the end of the post) given by Dr. Prothero Friday evening. (I know, how exciting is my life?) In it, he discussed his latest book, Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know–And Doesn’t (nutshell).
I could not [...]

 
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