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Author Archives: PH
Not your Mom’s Christmas ornaments
I don’t think I’m the squeamish type, but I’m not quite ready to embrace this idea, although I am working on seeing the beauty in all creation. It’s a struggle sometimes. (lobster eggs from Waiting for October)
Posted in Religion Blog, Science and Technology
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Blogging your death
This didn’t make it on to the blog while I was co-teaching the Death and Immortality course. I realize the word is bandied about a lot, blessedly not as much as it was during the Bush administration, but this takes … Continue reading
Posted in Death and Immortality
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The Vikings and Ramadan
No, not those Vikings. In the midst of Islamo-dissing and Islamophobia, The New York Times gives us a reminder that Muslims are everywhere including the NFL. Abdullah, a third-year safety, is a Muslim who keeps the traditional fast during the … Continue reading
Posted in Ramadan, Religion Blog, Religious Celebrations, Sports
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Being observant doesn’t have to be a headache anymore
A bit late, but you know what they say about lateness. From The New York Times: there’s “a cure for the Yom Kippur Headache, a problem that afflicts many people undertaking the 25-hour fast on the Jewish High Holiday.”
Posted in Judaism, Religion Blog, Religious Celebrations, Yom Kippur
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Gentlemen! Synchronize your watches!
No. This isn’t a Photoshop mashup. Three world leaders, representing two of the three Abrahamic religions, are checking to see if it’s sunset yet. From HuffPo: Prior to the start of their working dinner with President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Rituals
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It all starts with fellowship
Photo by Ted Trautman/OaklandNorth.net I had to read this from sfgate.com a few times to figure out if this was an actual church or not. If one criterion is whether fellowship happens, then it’s one for the “Yes” column. For … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Religion Blog
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and Cyberbullying
I know. The two don’t seem to go together. But apparently such things happen. Even over the Dead Sea Scrolls. Even involving the academy. A trial has begun in Manhattan for the lawyer who is accused of stealing a professor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Religion Blog
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It’s raining Freud and dogs
Just when we’ve finished up the Freud unit in the Nature of Religious Experience course. Headline from the Chronicle of Higher Education: Delusional Suspect in Community-College Stabbing Thought He Had Attacked Missouri Governor. The student who stabbed a community-college dean … Continue reading
Posted in Freud, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Theorists
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