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Twitter and religion

in Religion Blog, Writing

I’ve just begun using Twitter, almost every day. Politicians, educators, artists, business people, and many  others use Twitter for networking and for learning all sorts of new stuff. But religious groups are using it, too. I recently came across “tweet-a-thons”, I suppose you’d call them. Congregations are tweeting the Bible (in Germany) or the Passion [...]

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Reading the Bible

in Books, Religion Blog, Writing

I followed a little bit of David Plotz‘s blogging the Bible on Slate. Here’s Plotz’s discussion of both the weird and enduring aspects of the Bible. (The clip starts about 20 minutes into the bloggingheads and stops after this segment.) Share/Bookmark

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The Virtues of Godlessness

in PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Writing

This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education takes a look at the connection between religious belief and non-belief in a society and that society’s well-being. Share/Bookmark

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Updates to follow

in Convent Blog, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Writing

I’m way behind in my blog posts. The semester is nearly half over. It’s hard to believe. Anyway, this is a promise to myself and my class to fill in the blanks, so to speak and update the blog over the weekend. We’re going to be starting on DZ’s book and I want to be [...]

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I don’t believe in atheists

in Books, Coffee, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Writing

I got a new book out of the library. It’s by Chris Hedges and it’s entitled I Don’t Believe in Atheists.  I don’t know exactly what Hedges is implying with his title so I look forward to discovering it as I go along. For me, given all the genuine Christian fundamentalism in the US and [...]

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Coffee calls

in Coffee, Writing

I know I should finish the James post. But I’m off to go get some Peet’s coffee. I am running a slight coffee deficit. The Sisters drink Folgers or Safeway’s best. I did bring some Peet’s Las Hermanas (cute, huh? It’s “the sisters” in Spanish), which I make early Thursday before I head out to [...]

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