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Harry Potter Is Famous
He’s renowned in the wizard world. There, everybody knows his story, the murder of his parents and…
Global Republic
Frank Ninkovich’s The Global Republic minimizes the role of “Manifest Destiny” and the belief in American exceptionalism in…
Green: A History
A young Jane Fonda stares at you from the cover of Michel Pastoureau’s latest, Green: The History of a…
Knowing in the Biblical Sense
An alert former student, Stephen Long, corrects my claim that the OT uses “X knew his wife”…
Not Fearing the Devil
I summarize and discuss Adam Kotsko’s socio-cultural version of Christus Victor atonement theology at the Trinity House site.
What Makes ISIS Appealing?
With widespread news about ISIS selling kidnapped women and girls as sex slaves, smiting necks of non-Muslims,…
Colbert’s Double Game
The cognoscenti tell me that Stephen Colbert, who is a self-identified faithful member of a Church that…
The Last Armenian Church in Myanmar: A Follow-Up
A follow-up to last month’s post on the Armenian Orthodox church in Myanmar: This summer, the BBC did…
First Links — 10.10.14
Peter Thiel and the Cult of Startupism James K.A. Smith, The Hedgehog Review When the Desire for…
God’s Love, God’s Hate
Calvin quotes Augustine’s Tractates on John (Institutes 2.16.4) in summarizing God’s motive in sending the Son: “God’s…
How I Became an Evangelical Voice for Marriage Equality
Evangelicals are changing their minds on gay marriage. So argues the Log Cabin Republicans’ David Lampo in…
Beach Books and Blind Dates
The first-year reading program at Williams College, “turned out to be kind of like a bad blind…
First Links — 10.9.14
Super Excited Julian Baggini, Aeon Vatican II in the 21st Century Speakers, The Thomistic Institute The Devil’s…
Chosen by Lot
Saul is presented to Israel as king by lot (1 Samuel 10). Samuel brings the tribes near,…
Justification Theory Again
Douglas Campbell responded briefly to my brief discussion of his critique of “justification” theory. In a fit of joie de guerre,…
