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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Communism or islam: whose side aren’t we on?

July 8, 2009

It seems to me that reporting of the violent uprising / suppression (delete as applicable) in the Xinjiang province is posing our media problems. (The nearest thing to an overview is here.) How do you report something that is in an unpronounceable place where no-one is ever likely to go on holiday, where one seriously [...]

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The five primary sources meme: my take

July 8, 2009

Ken Brown has tagged me with the Kevin Scull variation of his original five books meme. (Thanks, Ken.) The rules are:
1.) List the 5 primary sources that have most affected your scholarship, thoughts about antiquity, and/or understanding of the NT/OT.
2.) Books from the Bible are off limits unless you really want to list one, I [...]

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Atheist clergy: brave or cowardly?

July 8, 2009

Andrew Brown has an interesting post on his personal site. Can you really call an “atheist minister” brave? Or are they simply wimps, who don’t have the courage of their convictions?
It suggests to clayboy not the question of brave or cowardly, so much as their willingness to put their own financial interests ahead of truthfulness. [...]

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