Bestiaries are fascinating things–part fact and observation; part fiction and superstition. From Herodotus, Pliny, and Aristotle through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, these descriptions of animals, birds, serpents, and fanciful beasts provide a rich tapestry to understand the mind…
Cards on the table: Stephen N. Williams is a fellow Welshman whom I have known for over thirty-five years. I am still pondering a question he asked me on a visit he made to my home in 1977 when I…
Terry Eagleton’s review of Richard Dawkins’ latest book is well worth a read, demonstrating that it isn’t just orthodox Christians who struggle with RD’s portrayal of religion. TE is one of the funniest and sharpest literary critics around, a former Catholic…
Terry Eagleton’s review of Richard Dawkins’ latest book is well worth a read, demonstrating that it isn’t just orthodox Christians who struggle with RD’s portrayal of religion. TE is one of the funniest and sharpest literary critics around, a former Catholic…
Terry Eagleton’s review of Richard Dawkins’ latest book is well worth a read, demonstrating that it isn’t just orthodox Christians who struggle with RD’s portrayal of religion. TE is one of the funniest and sharpest literary critics around, a former Catholic…
Richard Dawkins will not appreciate the math, but probablitity theorists now claim that it is 62% certain that God exists, according to yesterday’s The Times. Is this where we cite the text about God “laughing”?
Absent from the blog for a few days, I missed Del Boy’s question re. Weber. First, never heard of this Carl Maria character — unless he was the guy who stood in for David Lee Roth when he left the…
Absent from the blog for a few days, I missed Del Boy’s question re. Weber. First, never heard of this Carl Maria character — unless he was the guy who stood in for David Lee Roth when he left the…
Absent from the blog for a few days, I missed Del Boy’s question re. Weber. First, never heard of this Carl Maria character — unless he was the guy who stood in for David Lee Roth when he left the…
My friend Chun Lai recently traveled home to Hong Kong and Australia to minister to his family after the death of his father. The invitation to participate in the funeral service posed some real challenges, as Chun explains: “The Lord…
