In Against Christianity , I made the bold, unsupported, impressionistic claim that theologians are persnickety types who avoid talking about things the Bible talks about: hair, blood, sweat, entrails, menstruation and genital emissions.
Matt Jepsen was looking for something a bit more factual, and checked several theologians to see if my criticism hold up. His final results are here , results that I for one take as vindication.
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