Luke Timothy Johnson article in Commonweal, cited in Wikipedia article on supersessionism. bc.edu has other stuff from L. Johnson in search. Also Boston College? Supersessionism comes up again in this week’s reading. Much has been made
That fact that the biblical version is strikingly similar to the Mesopotamian versions, as we have seen, reflects the cultural connections between these peoples. The differences between them reflect their different theologies. The Israelite version
The ‘English Novel’ course (Timothy Spurgin) caused me to read ‘Waverly’ by Sir Walter Scott, the inventor of the historical novel. This is the first of about 50 books he wrote. One other one that
“One of the big things we’re fighting for right now is collaboration. With the oncoming of (the neighborhood schools model) we’ve tried to come with the district to create ways to build time into our
Good explanation of Trump- Carnoy argued that “large blocs of the U.S. population have not been swept up in the economic growth of the past 40 years, which has largely enriched the top 1 percent
The Powers That Be, according to some reader reviews on Amazon, summarizes the 3 earlier ‘powers’ books, in which he identifies what in the Bible are referred to as demons or evil beings, are actually
The proud, the powerful and the prosperous get depicted throughout the Gospels as God’s enemies—not because they are rich and powerful, but because of the ways they abuse their riches and power. They presumptuously grab
The Great Purge encouraged Hook’s increasing ambivalence toward Marxism. In 1939, Hook formed the Committee for Cultural Freedom, a short-lived organization that set the stage for his postwar politics by opposing “totalitarianism” on the left
I agree with you regarding operational procedure in science. Of course, as we both realize, there are some non-mechanistic presuppositions behind the whole scientific endeavor, but once they become part of the scientific Weltbild, then
I’m kind of in awe of the teachers that I’ve been sitting in on, in my recent activity of being a substitute teacher aid at different schools in the Evergreen district. Nonstop human interaction —